Examples of 'onus' in a sentence

Meaning of "onus"

onus (noun) - a responsibility, duty, or obligation that comes with a specific role or situation; a burden of proof or a task that must be carried out
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  • A legal obligation.
  • Burden of proof, onus probandi.
  • Stigma.
  • Blame.

How to use "onus" in a sentence

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The onus of proof lies with you.
Better to move the onus on to the citizen.
The onus is on the scientist to prove himself.
A similar shift of onus is not generally found.
The onus is on you to take up these challenges.
So it will put more onus on content creators.
The onus is not on developed countries alone.
I have taken the onus to help you.
The onus shall be on us to provide evidence thereof.
It takes the onus off the holoband.
Onus is on the tenant for the majority of.
Takes the onus off her daughter.
Onus of the situation was upon him.
That puts the onus on them to deliver.
The appellant did not satisfy this onus.

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Reversal of onus for the granting of bail.
And again it bears the onus of proof.
The onus of the family is on me no matter what.
Then you put the onus on them.
But the onus is on you to register as a voter.
This approach puts the onus on industry.
The onus of proving this is on the employer.
But only if we put the onus on ourselves.
It puts the onus on individual staff members.
Because actori incumbit onus proband.
The onus is on you to change if you must.
Then on me be the onus of bringing it forward.
The onus is on society to remove those barriers.
Maybe neither onus has to die.
The onus is on you to know these details.
These crews are counting onus to guide them through.
The onus is on the applicant to prove otherwise.
Another point on onus of proof is this.
The onus is on the claimant to show availability.
Trying to shift the onus on each other by asking it.
The onus is on possible sources to provide data.
It shifts the onus to the victim.
The onus could fall on emerging countries.
Senders of CEMs have the onus of proving consent.
The onus to identify access barriers falls.
Clearly there is a moral onus on them to do so.
The onus is on our people to recognize that.
The appellants had not met their onus.
Putting the onus on the individual is ridiculous.
However appellants have the onus.
The onus is now on me to run the thing.
Because at the moment the onus is very much on us.
The onus probandi does not lie on him.
Then there is the onus of proof.
The onus falls on the artists themselves.

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