charge de la preuve

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Calque of Latin onus probandī.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʃaʁ.ʒ(ə) də la pʁœv/

Noun[edit]

charge de la preuve f (plural charges de la preuve)

  1. (law) burden of proof (duty of a party in a legal proceeding to prove an assertion of fact)
  2. (epistemology) burden of proof (obligation of the person making a claim in a dispute to provide sufficient evidence for their position)