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burden of proof
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burden of proof,
n in criminal cases, the task of the prosecuting officers to demonstrate the
actus reus and
mens rea of the crime; in litigation, to lay out the facts of the case. See also actus reus and mens rea.

burden of proof,
n in a legal proceeding, the duty to prove a fact or facts in dispute.


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Some topics covered include unfairly prejudicial evidence, character and habit evidence, the examination and impeachment of witnesses, lay opinion and expert opinion evidence, the hearsay rule and the confrontation clause, and burdens of proof.
The ADA cries out for its own McDonnell Douglas to guide litigants as well as courts in allocating the burdens of proof of parties where the reasonableness of an accommodation and the countervailing difficulties in providing that accommodation are in issue.
2292) that would require the General Accounting Office to conduct a study of the differences between civil and criminal burdens of proof in IRS and nonIRS contexts and to report to Congress what impact changing the burdens would have on tax administration and taxpayer rights.
 
 
 
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