burden of persuasion

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Noun

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burden of persuasion (plural burdens of persuasion)

  1. (law) The duty upon a party in a legal proceeding to persuade the fact-finder to decide for that party on an assertion of fact; part of the burden of proof, sometimes loosely used as synonym for that term.
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