preponderance of the evidence

English

Noun

preponderance of the evidence (uncountable)

(law) 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 not.

Synonyms

balance of probabilities

Coordinate terms

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