onus probandi

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

"The onus probandi would lie with them," said Mr. Prendergast.

From Castle Richmond by Trollope, Anthony

In Russia, the onus probandi lies on the other side; private initiative is allowed to do nothing until it gives guarantees against all possible bad consequences. 

From Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years by Various

Thus he lodges the onus probandi with those who impugn the received accounts; but Mr. Grote and Sir George Lewis throw it upon those who defend them.

From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by Newman, John Henry

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 Flint, Violet