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The insurance policy that sets forth terms and conditions of payment for burial and disposal costs of a deceased person. See burial insurance. … [Read more...] about BURIAL POLICY

(A) This refers to a party's level of proof needed to convince a judge or jury that the party's facts alleged are true and their position meritorious. Civil trials require that a plaintiff prove a case by a preponderance of the evidence that it is more likely than not that the plaintiff's version of the truth is the correct one. Criminal cases require a much higher level of … [Read more...] about BURDEN OF PROOF

A borough; a castle or town. … [Read more...] about BURGH

Murder committed with the object of selling the cadaver for purposes of dissection, particularly and originally, by suffocating or strangling the victim. So named from William Burke, a notorious practitioner of this crime, who was hanged at Edinburgh in 1829. It is said that the first instance of his name being thus used as a synonym for the form of death he had inflicted on … [Read more...] about BURKING-BURKISM

(Latin: onus pro tandi.) In the law of evidence. The necessity or duty of affirmatively proving a fact or facts in dispute on an issue raised between the parties in a cause. Willett v. Rich, 142 Mass. 356, 7 N. B. 776, 56 Am. Rep. 684; Wilder v. Cowles, 100 Mass. 490; People v. McCann, 16 N. Y. 58, 69 Am. Dec. 642. The term "burden of proof" is not to be confused with "prima … [Read more...] about BURDEN OP PROOF