LEGAL TERM
HOW WOULD YOU SAY " TO PROVE BEYOND A PERPONDERANCE OF A DOUBT'"
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Preponderance of the Evidence and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt are two very different standards of proof.
Preponderance of the Evidence is used in a civil case and means that there is just enough evidence to make it more likely than not that the fact the claimant seeks to prove is true.
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is used in criminal cases and is the standard that must be met by the prosecution's evidence in a criminal prosecution: that no other logical explanation can be derived from the facts except that the defendant committed the crime, thereby overcoming the presumption that a person is innocent until proven guilty.
A literal translation for a legal term that does not exist in Spanish law (you are guilty until proven innocent, unlike the US law) then it would be "Más allá de cualquier duda razonable".
But a term that would apply to the notion of being innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt would be Irrefutablemente.
To prove, beyond a doubt:
Comprobar sin duda.
I hope Mariana will put up the Spanish term, she is, I believe, a lawyer..
Yes, we normally speak of doubt, in legal terms, with the phrase.
Beyond a reasonable doubt..
Preponderance comes up mainly in legal terms too, usually with the phrase.
A preponderance of the evidence.
This basically means the majority of the evidence.
hope that helps roger
"Más allá de cualquier duda razonable."
Hey Dana, preponderance is a big English word meaning superiority or excess weight or influence. We have used in American jurisprudence the phrase'beyond a reasonable doubt'- in which case I should render the phrase"a fuera una duda razonable". Hope this helps.
