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▪ I. ‖ onus|ˈəʊnəs|
[L. onus load, burden.]
A burden, charge, responsibility, duty.
c1640J. Smyth Hundred of Berkeley (1885) 89 The onus or Charge of this Burrow or market towne is in the exchequer. 1745in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & Contemp. (1843) I. 98, I should acquiesce under the first onus, and stir no further. 1800Colquhoun Comm. Thames xi. 333 Where an onus or responsibility rests there is Security. 1804Wellington Let. to Major Shawe in Gurw. Desp. (1837) II. 668 If..the onus is to fall upon the British troops, their numbers must be doubled, or even trebled. 1884Manch. Exam. 23 May 5/2 On the companies would be thrown the onus of bringing forward a Bill for a new classification of maximum rates.
b. onus probandi (Latin phrase): the burden of proving; the obligation under which one who makes an assertion, allegation, or charge is of proving the same.
1722Act Encour. Silk Manuf. in Lond. Gaz. No. 6040/5 The Onus Probandi shall lie on the Exporter, Claimer, or Owner thereof. 1793Smeaton Edystone L. §79 The onus probandi should be upon me. 1885Sir J. Pearson in Law Rep. 29 Chanc. Div. 457 The onus probandi that the lease was improperly drawn would lie upon him.
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