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Re: Legal term -- "onus pro bandi"
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Brent Tarter <[log in to unmask]>
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"Onus probandi" means the "burden of proving."

Brent Tarter
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Henry Wiencek
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 10:22 AM
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Subject: Legal term -- "onus pro bandi"

Friends --

Can someone explain the meaning of "onus pro bandi" in the following
context --

When "white persons are claimed as slaves, the onus pro bandi lies upon
the claimant" (Virginia. Records of the Courts 1809, 133). 

Many thanks,
Henry Wiencek

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