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preponderance of the evidence

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables
pre-pon-der-ance of the ev-i-dence
IPA
45
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Uncountable

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

clear and convincing evidence beyond a reasonable doubt probable cause

Synonyms

balance of probabilities

Questions

What does preponderance of the evidence mean?
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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