Word Finder - onus

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A legal obligation.

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The onus is on the landlord to make sure the walls are protected from mildew.

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Burden of proof, onus probandi

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The onus is on those who disagree with my proposal to explain why.

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Stigma.

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Blame.

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Responsibility; burden.

The onus of testing falls upon the manufacturer.

It is always, however, a matter of fact for the jury, and the onus of proving the death lies on the party who asserts it.

He sought to persuade Alexander to open negotiations with Napoleon, if only to throw the onus of breaking the peace entirely on the French side.

The onus is on the person to take advantage of all the stuff that's out there.

The onus is on the user to apply a critical faculty.

The purchase of guaranteed railways owned by foreign companies likewise added largely to the bonded indebtedness, though the onus was in existence in another form.

It would shift the onus of identifying the information from the applicant to the authority.

However, provision of conversion tools should not be seen as a means of removing the onus on retailers to provide proper price information.

But either way, your experience is a reminder that there is a strong onus on customers to take care of their cards.

The onus was on the NWS to look at how to break the current deadlock in arms control.

I also want to help women recognize if a relationship isn't working, and to not put all the onus on the man.

With feedback as easy as a mouse click, suddenly the onus of response fell on the business, with those businesses which responded well to customer feedback gaining an advantage in the marketplace.

There is no reason to place a heavy onus on the claimant.

The need for lasting peace now places even more onus on the solidarity movement worldwide.

Venus principally rules the Earth triplicity by day, with the onus of rulership given to the Moon at night.

The onus was on the pursuer to rebut that presumption.

Machines make it impossible to make errors, the reasoning goes, while free weights puts the onus on the trainer to get the exercise right -- or face potential injury.

Then the onus of responsibility would be on the owner, not the poor mutt who would much rather be roaming yonder fields anyway.

If someone makes a claim for damages they must be able to prove negligence and the onus is upon them to do so.

Proof of the inability of an Expert Committee to express opinion will not discharge such onus.

The buyer must place the onus for these crucial factors with the seller.

Section 12(3) throws the onus on the employer to show that the employe is not dealing as a consumer.

The Consumer Protection Act has placed a greater onus on anyone dealing directly with the public.

But some children have special needs and there is a clear onus on schools to meet those special needs where they are specified.

Corporal Wood's platoon sergeant was killed, the onus being placed on Corporal Wood to become its leader.

The ustribes were the victors, and it was from them that the astic line sprang; hence the Pharaoh always bore the name onus, and represented in his own hallowed person the ancient 11 deity.

If so, apologetics is literally a science, and it is pedantry to claim the defensive and pretend to throw the onus probandi upon objectors.

Having created the mechanism to complain via the Web, the onus would be on the PCA to communicate this option to potential complainants.

The onus will be on the prospective developer to prove to the Council that the first or second preferences cannot be met.

In 1667 he wrote, with the assent of the elector palatine, a tract, De statu imperii germanici, liber onus.