English Explanatory Dictionary

preponderance of the evidence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

preponderance of the evidence

Synonyms

balance of probabilities
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