onus probandi
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
None of that, now; the_ onus probandi _is with you, scoundrel.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)
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
Leave the masters under this general understanding to teach freely; if there in ground of complaint, let it be made, but leave the onus probandi on the objectors.
From Science & Education by Huxley, Thomas 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
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