preponderance of the evidence

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

名詞

不可算名詞

(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.

日本語の意味

民事訴訟において、ある主張が成立するために必要とされる、証拠が十分であるという基準。証拠が、ある事実が真である可能性が否定よりも高いと判断される状況を意味する。

英語の意味

(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.

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The judge found for the plaintiff by a preponderance of the evidence, concluding that the defendant's negligence was more likely than not.

裁判官は証拠の優勢に基づいて原告の勝訴を認め、被告の過失がより確からしいと結論づけた。

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意味（1）

(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.