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Burden of proof
phrase 'burden of proof' has two meanings one the burden of proof as a matter of law and pleading and the other the burden of establishing a case; the former is fixed as a question of law … the burden of persuasion and the burden of production, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 190. Means the responsibility of producing sufficient evidence in support of a fact or issue and favourably persuading the trier of fact
Infant
In that case Willes, J. (ibid., p. 611), said: 'No man ought, as a general rule, to be responsible for acts not his own.' As to the criminal liability of infants, see AGE; CHILDREN. Ward of Court.--The … executor or trustee, contracts for necessaries. In an action brought for the price of goods, if the defendant pleads infancy, the onus is on the plaintiff to prove that the goods were necessaries, Nash v. Inman, (1908)
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