6.4 Burden of Proof in General Law

The general rules' application: the facts-in-issue's burden fixed (the pleading's definition — U3.2); the presumption's shifts (the U3.3.6 machinery — the proved basic fact casting the burden's passage); the standard's operation (the criminal: the prosecution's constant burden — the reasonable doubt's benefit to the accused; the civil: the likelihood's comparison). The maxim's classic (ei incumbit probatio — U2.4's repetition as the section's anchor).