{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:147","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Legal Presumptions","number":"147","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/147/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III — SERVICE, PLEADINGS AND EVIDENCE","title":"TITLE II — PLEADINGS","chapter":"Chapter 1. — General Provisions"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"In any pleading neither party needs to allege specifically any matter of fact which the law presumes in his favor or as to which the burden of proof lies upon the other party, unless the same has first been specifically denied.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/147/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":95,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/95/?article=147&paragraph=lead#article-147-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the English-language edition published in 2015 and attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Refworld labels it an unofficial translation. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force."}