noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the burden/onus of proof law (= the need to prove that you are right in a legal case )
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The burden of proof is on the prosecution.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
place
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That Act also places the onus on the knife carrier to show that he had good reason for possessing it in public.
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Having thus cleverly disarmed his remarks, he effectively placed the onus for taking them to heart squarely on Robby.
put
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The law puts the onus on the lender to carry out necessary checks.
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By contrast the bottom up approach puts the onus on the employee to do a self appraisal and then discuss it.
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Each of these assumptions is so questionable as to put the onus of proof very heavily on the trade unions.
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In the second place to put the onus of preventing censorship in libraries on individual librarians is unreasonable and unrealistic.
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This would put a greater onus on the forest to provide more income.
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It does, however, put the onus of proof, case by case, on those who would nationalise industry.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By contrast the bottom up approach puts the onus on the employee to do a self appraisal and then discuss it.
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Inevitably the onus rests on the buyers and users to specify the products needed.
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It prefers to publish Charters laying the onus for provision of services on others.
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Maybe this takes the onus off what goodness is.
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The onus is now on Untaet and the World Bank to prove their worth.
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The onus will be on the accused to prove that they did not abuse or discriminate.
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The deputy judge concluded that the onus of establishing testamentary competence had not been discharged.
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Whenever this happens, the onus is on you to control the call and steer the conversation to a successful conclusion.