What is the burden of proving that possession has been such as to entitle the Respondent to the Protection of the Statutory Pregnancy Act?

Nova Scotia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Meister v. Rafuse, 1979 CanLII 2673 (NS CA):

The onus of proving that possession has been such as to entitle the respondents to the protection of the statute is upon them that assert such possession: Handley v. Archibald (1899), 1899 CanLII 79 (SCC), 30 S.C.R. 130.

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