onus probandi
Americannoun
noun
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The onus probandi is with those who assert what it is unnatural to expect; to be just able to doubt is no warrant for disbelieving.
From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal
If so, apologetics is literally a science, and it is pedantry to claim the defensive and pretend to throw the onus probandi upon objectors.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
Assuredly there is a strong presumption in its favour, and the onus probandi, in our own day, lies with those who deny its claims to acceptance.
From Thoughts on a Revelation by Jerram, S. J. (Samuel John)
The interpolation hypothesis, as I said, is easily advanced, but the onus probandi must needs lie heavily against it.
From The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' by Sanday, William
It was quite true, he said, that they had been equally unable to prove that he had done so; but that amounted to nothing; the "onus probandi" lay with the accusing side.
From Orley Farm by Trollope, Anthony
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