Onus

Lat. A burden or load; a weight. The lading, burden or cargo of a vessel. A charge; an incumbrance. Cum onere, (q. v.,) with the incumbrance.

— Onus episcopale. Ancient customary payments from the clergy to their diocesan bishop, of synodals, pentecostals, etc.

— Onus importandi. The charge of importing merchandise, mentioned in St. 12 Car. II. c. 28.

— Onns probandi. Burden of proving; the burden of proof. The strict meaning of the term "onus probandf' is that, if no evidence is adduced by the party on whom the burden is cast, the issue must be found against him. Davis v. Rogers, 1 Houst. (Del.) 44.

I. A burden, or load; a weight; the lading gr cargo of a vessel; a charge; an incumbrance. Onus probandi: the burden 6t proving. V. Actori, etc.; Cum onere.

Lat. A burden orload; a weight. The lading, burden, or cargo of a vessel. A charge; anincuinbrance. Cwmonere, (q.v.,) with the incumbrance.

A burden, charge, or duty. Onus probandi. Burden of pro ving; the burden of proof, q. v. The strict meaning of the term onus probandi is, that if no evidence is adduced by the party on whom the burden is cast, the issue must be found against liim. Davis v, Rogers, 1 Soust. 44. Oneris ferendi. Of bearing a burden. In the civil law, the name of a servitude by which a wall is bound to sustain the weight of adjoining structures. Ope et consilio. By aid and counsel. A phrase applied in the civil law to accessories in the commission of crimes, in the same manner as the phrase ' ' aiding and abetting ' ' in the common law. Sometimes used in the form ope consilio.