Sentences with phrase «definition of a preponderance of the evidence»

If the prosecutor in a criminal trial failed to convince the trier of fact (the judge or jury) that no reasonable doubt existed as to the defendant's guilt, a plaintiff may nevertheless be able to show that it was more likely than not (the definition of a preponderance of the evidence) that the defendant committed the child abuse alleged in a civil trial.

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When multiple peer - reviewed manuscripts provided psychometric data for a given instrument, the preponderance of the evidence needed to be consistent with our definition of «good» for a measure to qualify as «well - established.»
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