onus probandi
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If the record were received generally by any nation, the onus probandi would in that case lie with those who impugned it.
From Thoughts on a Revelation by S. J. (Samuel John) Jerram
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 John Henry Newman
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
None of that, now; the_ onus probandi _is with you, scoundrel.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 by F. G. (Francis George) Fowler
Does the onus probandi rest with us or with Mr. Barlow?
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, February, 1865 by Various
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