onus probandi
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
But still the onus probandi lies with those who maintain the Sinhalese origin of any part of the Pali Canon and two strong arguments support the Indian origin of the major part.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
Where two nations are already settled in a country, the onus probandi rests with the party that seeks to exclude the other.
From The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery by Twiss, Travers
The great difficulty to my mind was the onus probandi.
From Birds of Prey by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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