Rule 301. Presumptions in General in Civil Actions and Proceedings

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Presumptions in General in Civil Actions and Proceedings.

In all civil actions and proceedings not otherwise provided for by statute enacted by the General

Assembly or by these rules, a presumption imposes on the party against whom it is directed the

burden of going forward with evidence to rebut or meet the presumption, but does not shift to such

party the burden of proof in the sense of the risk of non-persuasion, which remains throughout the

trial upon the party on whom it was originally cast.

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