onus probandi
Example Sentences
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The onus probandi would fall upon any one purporting to be descended from the said Samuel, and we know how uncommonly difficult said person would find it to prove anything.
From Birds of Prey by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
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
Assuredly there is a strong presumption in its favour, and the onus probandi, in our own day, lies with those who deny its claims to acceptance.
From Thoughts on a Revelation by S. J. (Samuel John) Jerram
But, in any case, the onus probandi is not upon us.
From Charlotte's Inheritance by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
At all events, I deliver them to the reader as I find them set down in ‘myne authoures,’ and leave the onus probandi to the families whose honour is concerned in their perpetuation.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
