burden of proof
Example Sentences
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The burden of proof will be shifted to energy companies, meaning they will have to prove they have acted lawfully by explaining how they came up with prices.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
As always, the burden of proof would be on you to make your case that your stepmother made an unambiguous promise.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026
“The burden of proof is on the defense in an insanity case, and the jury may see the defense as an excuse for committing a serious crime,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025
Apparently, Kennedy has never heard of the burden of proof or the extreme difficulty in proving a negative.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2025
Hence, it is the presumption of common sense and science that these ESP phenomena don’t exist, and the burden of proof is on those who maintain that there are such phenomena.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
