onus probandi

[ oh-noos proh-bahn-dee; English oh-nuhs proh-ban-dahy, -dee ]

noun

, Latin.

1. the burden of proof.

onus probandi

/ ˈəʊnəs prəʊˈbændɪ /

noun

1. law the Latin phrase for burden of proof

Example Sentences

Almost 200 years ago, the British poet Shelley, in his essay “The Necessity of Atheism,” noted that “God is an hypothesis, and, as such, stands in need of proof: the onus probandi rests on the theist.”

From Salon

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 Project Gutenberg

Where two nations are already settled in a country, the onus probandi rests with the party that seeks to exclude the other.

From Project Gutenberg

I think you have demonstrated a true cause for the production of species, and have thrown the onus probandi, that species did not arise in the way you suppose, on your adversaries.

From Project Gutenberg

The Onus Probandi, or Burden of Proof, is said to rest with him who would dispute any point in favour of a presumptive, or generally allowed truth.

From Project Gutenberg

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