onus probandi
Americannoun
noun
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At the close of our interview, he also alluded to his precious breeks with which, in his opinion, rest the onus probandi of his adventure.
From A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews by Flint, Violet
He felt, therefore, that the onus probandi would rest on his new councillors if they could not act with him, and put forth pretensions to which he was unable to accede.
From Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin by James, Eighth Earl of Elgin
At all events, I deliver them to the reader as I find them set down in ‘myne authoures,’ and leave the onus probandi to the families whose honour is concerned in their perpetuation.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
"The onus probandi would lie with them," said Mr. Prendergast.
From Castle Richmond by Trollope, Anthony
But when we look for a proof of this daring assertion, we are told that the onus probandi rests upon us.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, February, 1865 by Various
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