onus probandi
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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"The onus probandi lies with you, Mr. Solicitor," said the Serjeant.
From Lady Anna by Trollope, Anthony
On the contrary, we throw the full onus probandi on the side of the conclusion, and we refuse to assent to it at all, until we can assent to it altogether.
From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by Newman, John Henry
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
The meaning is, that the onus probandi is thrown upon the person who maintains the distinction, Aristotle has a prima facie case.
From Ethics by Aristotle
The onus probandi is with those who assail a teaching which is, and has long been, in possession.
From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal
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