onus probandi
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
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
He understood, in its perfection, the great art of throwing the onus probandi on his adversary; and so could maintain almost any opinion, however absurd or fantastical, with fearless impunity.
From The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits by Hazlitt, William
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
I do not affect to decide upon the point, but think the onus probandi to lie with those who would deny it.
From The Future of Islam by Blunt, Wilfred Scawen
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