"beyond a reasonable doubt" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} beyond a reasonable doubt, {{en-PP}} beyond a reasonable doubt
  1. (law) A legal standard for deciding the outcome of a criminal charge, requiring evidence that is sufficient to eliminate any doubts that a reasonable person might entertain about whether a claim is more likely to be true than not. Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: beyond reasonable doubt, beyond reason of a doubt, beyond a reason of a doubt, BARD Related terms: balance of probabilities, clear and convincing evidence, preponderance of the evidence, probable cause Translations (legal standard): 毫無合理疑問 (Chinese Mandarin), 毫无合理疑问 (háowú hélǐ yíwèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 毫無疑義 (Chinese Mandarin), 毫无疑义 (háowú yíyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 排除合理懷疑 (Chinese Mandarin), 排除合理怀疑 (páichú hélǐ huáiyí) (Chinese Mandarin), hinsides rimelig tvivl (Danish), järkevän epäilyksen ulkopuolella (Finnish), ei jää varteenotettavaa epäilystä (Finnish), ei jää järkevää epäilystä (Finnish), au-delà de tout doute raisonnable (French), jenseits begründeter Zweifel (German), πέραν πάσης αμφιβολίας (péran pásis amfivolías) (Greek), ponad wszelką wątpliwość (Polish), ponad uzasadnioną wątpliwość (Polish), poza wszelką wątpliwością (Polish), poza wszelką wątpliwość (Polish), para além de qualquer dúvida razoável (Portuguese), más allá de una duda razonable (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-beyond_a_reasonable_doubt-en-prep_phrase-9Mh3yL-Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Topics: law

Alternative forms

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