Meanings
plural balances of probabilities
- lawA legal standard, applied in many jurisdictions for deciding the outcome of civil disputes, which requires that a dispute be decided in favor of the party whose claims are more likely to be true.
Synonyms: preponderance of the evidence
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA legal standard, applied in many jurisdictions for deciding the outcome of civil disputes, which requires that a dispute be decided in favor of the party whose claims are more likely to be true.
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 相對可能性 /相对可能性
- 相對可能性 /相对可能性 (soeng¹ deoi³ ho² nang⁴ sing³)legal standard
Chinese Mandarin 可能差額 /可能差额, 蓋然性權衡 /盖然性权衡
- 可能差額 /可能差额 (kěnéng chā'é)legal standard
- 蓋然性權衡 /盖然性权衡 (gàiránxìng quánhéng)legal standard
- 相對可能性 /相对可能性 (xiāngduì kěnéngxìng)legal standard
Finnish todennäköisyysharkinta
- todennäköisyysharkintalegal standard
French prépondérance de la preuve
- prépondérance de la preuvelegal standard
German Grundsatz der erdrückenden Beweislast
- Grundsatz der erdrückenden Beweislastlegal standard
Polish równowaga prawdopodobieństwa
- równowaga prawdopodobieństwalegal standard
Portuguese balanço de probabilidades
- balanço de probabilidadeslegal standard
Cite this entry
balance of probabilities. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/balance%20of%20probabilities
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