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 Jerram, S. J. (Samuel John)

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

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 Jerram, S. J. (Samuel John)

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 Lower, Mark Antony

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