preponderance of the evidence

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Definition of preponderance of the evidence in English English dictionary

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

Related Terms

preponderance of evidence

Alternative spelling of preponderance of the evidence

Hyphenation

pre·pon·der·ance of the e·vi·dence

Turkish pronunciation

pripändrıns ıv dhi evıdıns

Synonyms

balance of probabilities

Pronunciation

/prēˈpändrəns əv ᴛʜē ˈevədəns/ /priːˈpɑːndrəns əv ðiː ˈɛvədəns/