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California Evidence Code Section 115

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"Burden of proof" means the obligation of a party to establish
by evidence a requisite degree of belief concerning a fact in the
mind of the trier of fact or the court.  The burden of proof may
require a party to raise a reasonable doubt concerning the existence
or nonexistence of a fact or that he establish the existence or
nonexistence of a fact by a preponderance of the evidence, by clear
and convincing proof, or by proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
   Except as otherwise provided by law, the burden of proof requires
proof by a preponderance of the evidence.

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