charge de la preuve

French

Etymology

Calque of Latin onus probandī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.ʒ(ə) də la pʁœv/

Noun

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)