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burden of proof — noun Law 1. the legal obligation on a party who asserts a matter to adduce sufficient supporting evidence to satisfy the required standard of proof. In criminal trials, this burden rests on the prosecution (the legal burden or persuasive burden) …
Legal burden of proof — This article is about the burden of proof in law. For other uses, see Burden of proof (disambiguation). The burden of proof (Latin: onus probandi) is the obligation to shift the accepted conclusion away from an oppositional opinion to one s own… … Wikipedia
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City and Westminster Properties (1934) Ltd v Mudd — Court High Court Citation(s) [1959] Ch 129 Case opinions Harman … Wikipedia
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Confucianism — Confucianist, n., adj. /keuhn fyooh sheuh niz euhm/, n. the system of ethics, education, and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples, stressing love for humanity, ancestor worship, reverence for parents, and harmony in thought and… … Universalium
Ward v Tesco Stores Ltd — Ward v. Tesco Stores Ltd [1976] 1 W.L.R. 810; [1976] 1 All E.R. 219; [1976] I.R.L.R. 92, is an English tort law case concerning the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur ( the thing speaks for itself ). It deals with the law of negligence and it set an… … Wikipedia
Sharīʿah — ▪ Islamic law Introduction also spelled Sharia the fundamental religious concept of Islām, namely its law, systematized during the 2nd and 3rd centuries of the Muslim era (8th–9th centuries AD). Total and unqualified submission to the… … Universalium
