charge de la preuve
French edit
Etymology edit
Calque of Latin onus probandī.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
charge de la preuve f (plural charges de la preuve)
- (law) burden of proof (duty of a party in a legal proceeding to prove an assertion of fact)
- (epistemology) burden of proof (obligation of the person making a claim in a dispute to provide sufficient evidence for their position)