onus probandi
Example Sentences
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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 Anthony Trollope
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 Wilfred Scawen Blunt
At the close of our interview, he also alluded to his precious breeks with which, in his opinion, rest the onus probandi of his adventure.
From A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews by Violet Flint
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 Sir Charles Eliot
I say, on the supporters of Home Rule rests the onus probandi; they are the people who should show cause, let them prove their case in its favour.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley
