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balance of probabilities

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A legal standard, applied in many jurisdictions for deciding the outcome of civil disputes, which requires that a dispute be decided in favor of the party whose claims are more likely to be true.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

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  • Chinese Cantonese: 相對可能性 /相对可能性 (soeng1 deoi3 ho2 nang4 sing3) — legal standard
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可能差額 /可能差额 (kěnéng chā'é) — legal standard
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蓋然性權衡 /盖然性权衡 (gàiránxìng quánhéng) — legal standard
  • Chinese Mandarin: 相對可能性 /相对可能性 (xiāngduì kěnéngxìng) — legal standard
  • Finnish: todennäköisyysharkinta — legal standard
  • French: prépondérance de la preuve — legal standard
  • German: Grundsatz der erdrückenden Beweislast — legal standard
  • Polish: równowaga prawdopodobieństwa — legal standard
  • Portuguese: balanço de probabilidades — legal standard