Assertion: preponderance | /r/HasProperty | the standard
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text: Preponderance of evidence is the standard by which most civil lawsuits in the U.S. must be proved.
text: What is the "Preponderance of the Evidence" Standard?
text: However, a year later, a civil jury found that a preponderance of the evidence – the standard in a civil trial – indicated that OJ Simpson was responsible for the death of his wife.
text: Preponderance of the evidence (American English), also known as balance of probabilities (British English), is the standard required in most civil cases and in family court determinations solely involving money, such as child support under the Child Support Standards Act, and in child custody determinations between parties having equal legal rights respecting a child (typically the parents of a child who are divorced, separated, or otherwise living apart, assuming that neither has been found unfit).
text: Preponderance of the evidence, also known as the "balance of probabilities" is the standard required in most civil cases.
text: Preponderance of the evidence” is the standard commonly used in resolving civil cases
text: The preponderance of evidence is the standard for juries to follow in CIVIL trials.
text: Preponderance of the evidence, also known as balance of probabilities is the standard required in most civil cases.
text: As preponderance of evidence is the standard already used by the U.S. Supreme Court in civil litigation involving discrimination, the department’s Office for Civil Rights argues it makes sense -- and is legally sound -- to use the standard when it is enforcing Title IX.
text: The government is finally standing up to the schools, and they're saying that it doesn't matter if you're Harvard University or a small community college, preponderance of evidence is the standard.
text: The National Women’s Law Center (lead counsel in Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education) seems to agree that parity with other claims justifies the use of the preponderance standard in Title IX claims: “Given that Title IX was modeled after Title VI, and preponderance of the evidence is the standard used in claims brought under Title VI, it is also the standard that applies to Title IX claims.
text: Preponderance of the evidence (American English), also known as balance of probabilities (British English), is the standard required in most civil cases and in family court determinations solely involving money, such as child support under the Child Support Standards Act, and in child custody determinations between parties having equal legal rights respecting a child (typically the parents of a child who are divorced, separated, or otherwise living apart, assuming that neither has been found unfit).
text: How Does a Jury Use the “Preponderance of the Evidence” Standard?
text: The Department of Education recently issued new guidelines on campus policies on sexual assault, including a directive that judicial bodies investigating sexual assault allegations employ the “preponderance of the evidence” standard in their deliberations.
text: Finally, there’s the “preponderance of evidence” standard, the easiest in civil law absent the existence of a controlling presumption.