onus

onus
[[t]o͟ʊnəs[/t]]
N-SING: usu the N, oft N of n/-ing
If you say that the onus is on someone to do something, you mean it is their duty or responsibility to do it. [FORMAL]

The onus is on the shopkeeper to provide goods which live up to the quality of their description...

The onus of proof is reversed in libel actions and placed firmly on the defender.


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  • Onus — Onus, from Latin, indicates accountability/responsibility Onus may also refer to: Blame Burden (disambiguation) Burden of proof (disambiguation) (onus probandi) As a surname Lin Onus This disambiguation page lists articles associated w …   Wikipedia

  • ônus — s. m. 2 núm. 1. Aquilo que pesa ou que carrega. = CARGA, PESO 2. Encargo, obrigação, gravame. 3. Imposto gravoso. 4. ônus da prova: responsabilidade de provar determinado fato ou determinada afirmação.   ‣ Etimologia: latim onus, eris   ♦ Grafia… …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • ónus — s. m. 2 núm. 1. Aquilo que pesa ou que carrega. = CARGA, PESO 2. Encargo, obrigação, gravame. 3. Imposto gravoso. 4. ônus da prova: responsabilidade de provar determinado fato ou determinada afirmação.   ‣ Etimologia: latim onus, eris   ♦ Grafia… …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • onus — (n.) 1640s, from L. onus (gen. oneris) load, burden, from PIE *en es burden. Hence legal L. onus probandi (1722), lit. burden of proving …   Etymology dictionary

  • Onus — O nus, n. [L.] A burden; an obligation. [1913 Webster] {Onus probandi}[L.], obligation to furnish evidence to prove a thing; the burden of proof. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • onus — I (blame) noun accusation, blameworthiness, charge, culpability, error, fault, flaw, guiltiness, misdeed, reprehension, responsibility, shortcoming, transgression II (burden) noun affliction, burdensome requirement, charge, drawback, encumbrance …   Law dictionary

  • Onus — Onus, das; , Onera [lat. onus] (Rechtsspr. veraltet): Last, Bürde, Auflage, Verbindlichkeit …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Onus — das; , Ōnera <aus gleichbed. lat. onus> (veraltet) Last, Bürde, Auflage, Verbindlichkeit (Rechtsw.) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • onus — [ō′nəs] n. [L, a load, burden < IE base * enos or * onos > Sans ánaḥ, freight cart] 1. a difficult or unpleasant task, duty, etc.; burden 2. responsibility for a wrong; blame 3. [clip of L onus probandi, burden of proving] BURDEN OF PROOF …   English World dictionary

  • Onus — (lat.), Last, Beschwerde, Abgabe, s. Onera …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Önus — (a. Geogr.), 1) Nebenfluß des Eurotas in Lakonika; entsprang auf dem Olympos, vereinigte sich bei Sellasia mit dem Gorgylos u. mündete oberhalb Sparta; j. Kelefina; 2) Fluß zwischen Noricum u. Vindelicien od. Rhätien; j. Inn …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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