standard of proof
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstandardandproof
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standard
adjective
uk/ˈstæn.dəd/us/ˈstæn.dɚd/
usual rather than special, especially when thought of as being correct ...
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proof
noun
uk/pruːf/us/pruːf/
a fact or piece of information that shows that something exists or ...
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(Definition ofstandardandprooffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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One obvious inspiration for this approach is found in the civil-lawstandardofproof.
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In jury decisions this seems acceptable, as thestandardofprooffor conviction should be higher than that for acquittal.
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What we face here is not astandardofproofbut a pretext-and a flimsy one at that-for a conviction or for an acquittal.
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And nothing about it is more peculiar than the fact that it offers no free-standingstandardofproof.
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The imputation of irrationality should demand a highstandardofproof.
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Nostandardofproofcan fully eliminate the uncertainty or render the kind of abductive inferences used in legal reasoning truth-preserving.
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Similarly, thestandardofprooffor a scientist may differ considerably from that required by a court of law.
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But in other decision problems, where there is no antecedently privileged alternative, we may require a symmetricalstandardofproof.
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One is 'symmetry' in the epistemic sense: positive decisions are held to the samestandardofproofas negative ones.
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Thestandardofproofspecified what was needed to condemn the defendant.
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The point of having astandardofproofis precisely to tell one whether one's subjective confidence is justified.
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Sometimes, yet again, we think that thestandardofproofshould be 'no reasonable doubt', but that that standard should apply symmetrically to both sides of the proposition.
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In civil trials, in contrast, thestandardofproofis merely 'more likely than not': a probability just over 50 per cent, either way, is sufficient for a decision.
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Instead, every one of these decision points involves asking whether the case against the accused rises to thestandardofproofconsidered proper to that sort of decision.
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Against my suggestion it can be argued, not that it is wrongheaded to link severity of punishment withstandardofproof, but rather that it is superfluous.
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Will the samestandardofproof—which is now to be the civil standard—apply in both the less serious and the more serious types of case?
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Then this highstandardofproofis not applied.
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A decision must be taken to specify thestandardofproof.
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It is the intention that that should be thestandardofproof.
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