onus probandi
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The onus probandi rests clearly not with him, but with those who call those proofs of his in question.
From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William
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
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
It has certainly not undergone compression, and, in reply to the suggestion that the skull is that of an idiot, it may be urged that the onus probandi lies with those who adopt the hypothesis.
From A Manual of the Antiquity of Man by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)
If a person sues for a debt which is denied the onus probandi lies with the plaintiff.
From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William
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