onus probandi

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The onus probandi is with those who assert what it is unnatural to expect; to be just able to doubt is no warrant for disbelieving.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal

If so, apologetics is literally a science, and it is pedantry to claim the defensive and pretend to throw the onus probandi upon objectors.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

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 Jerram, S. J. (Samuel John)

But it must be proven that the defect exists—and the onus probandi rests upon Mr. Mallock.

From Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles by Spargo, John

It has certainly not undergone compression, and, in reply to the suggestion that the skull is that of an idiot, it may be urged that the onus probandi lies with those who adopt the hypothesis.

From A Manual of the Antiquity of Man by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)