When a judge has sustained an opponent's objection to your evidence, you waive any appellate error unless you make a proper offer of proof. Lawyers know this in the ...

Burden of proof is a legal standard that determines if a legal claim is valid or invalid based on the evidence produced.

Last week, I wrote about proof which I said was the stuff that evidence was made of. More precisely, I held out that proof is the “effect” of evidence on a particular fact or set of facts. It is what ...