Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

burden of persuasion

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: bur-den of per-sua-sion
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

burdens of persuasion (plural)

Questions

What does burden of persuasion mean?: 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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