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Subject:	Legal term -- "onus pro bandi"
From:	Henry Wiencek <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 16 May 2007 10:21:47 -0400
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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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