Associations to the word «Onus»
Noun
- Presumption
- Gillespie
- Proof
- Plaintiff
- Lin
- Ut
- Burden
- Aboriginal
- Debtor
- Applicant
- Accused
- Reversal
- Defendant
- Innocence
- Charter
- Compliance
- Breach
- Clause
- Shift
- Responsibility
- Employer
- Discharge
- Provisional
- Throw
- Probability
- Lie
- Defence
- Bear
- Placing
- Court
- Provision
- Defender
- Necessity
- Person
- Balance
- Put
- Bill
- Crime
- Rest
- Cooper
- Owner
- Section
- Employee
- Payment
- Evidence
- Claim
- Legislation
- Limit
- Maker
- Principle
- Circumstance
- Case
- Possession
- Regulation
- Crown
- Act
- Appeal
- Conduct
- Rule
- Contract
- Document
- Sentence
- Fact
Adjective
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Wiktionary
ONUS, noun. A legal obligation.
ONUS, noun. (uncountable) Burden of proof, onus probandi
ONUS, noun. Stigma.
ONUS, noun. Blame.
ONUS, noun. Responsibility; burden.
ONUS PROBANDI, noun. (legal) the burden of proof, the onus; the duty of a party in a legal proceeding to prove an assertion of fact; it includes both the burden of production and the burden of persuasion.
Dictionary definition
ONUS, noun. An onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.