onus probandi

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Only, if in any particular instance it be suspected that property has been acquired by force, fraud, or robbery, I contend that the onus probandi lies on him who raises the question.

From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by Thornton, William Thomas

But when we look for a proof of this daring assertion, we are told that the onus probandi rests upon us.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, February, 1865 by Various

Leave the masters under this general understanding to teach freely; if there in ground of complaint, let it be made, but leave the onus probandi on the objectors.

From Science & Education by Huxley, Thomas Henry

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