Sentences with phrase «of a preponderance of evidence»

This is not an agreement by a jury of absolute criminal evidence; this is not even an agreement of a preponderance of evidence ---- this is simply allowing the voice.

Or should the researchers recommend immediate action because of a preponderance of evidence?

To assume that this is a little ball with little effect over time seems to be more neurotic than realistic in consideration of the preponderance of the evidence as understood in the aggregate earth system, and known influencing factors.

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.

The concept of preponderance of the evidence can be visualized as a scale representing the burden of proof.

Actually [the district court] did commit one clear error on the fiduciary count, and that was to apply the normal civil standard of preponderance of the evidence, rather than the higher standard of proof — proof by clear and convincing evidence — that Illinois requires to establish the existence of a fiduciary duty outside of the per se categories such as lawyer - client and guardian - ward.

It was argued that the immigration judge failed to take account of the preponderance of evidence indicating the best interests of the appellant lay in her quickly joining her adoptive parents in the UK and that this fatally flawed her proportionality assessment.