onus probandi
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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"The onus probandi would lie with them," said Mr. Prendergast.
From Castle Richmond by Trollope, Anthony
"The onus probandi lies with you, Mr. Solicitor," said the Serjeant.
From Lady Anna by Trollope, Anthony
Thus he lodges the onus probandi with those who impugn the received accounts; but Mr. Grote and Sir George Lewis throw it upon those who defend them.
From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by Newman, John Henry
It is a rule of logic, and a very sensible rule, that the onus probandi, that is the burthen or weight of proving, rests on those who affirm a proposition.
From The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy by Holyoake, George Jacob
The great difficulty to my mind was the onus probandi.
From Birds of Prey by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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