preponderance of evidence

A form of preponderance of the evidence — A legal standard, applied in many jurisdictions for deciding the outcome of civil disputes, which requires that evidence be sufficient to determine that a claim is more likely to be true than false.

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Meanings

nounpreponderance of evidence (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountablelawAlternative form of preponderance of the evidence.
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