"reasonable doubt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reasonable doubts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} reasonable doubt (countable and uncountable, plural reasonable doubts)
  1. (law) A degree of uncertainty to which a reason can be assigned; in those jurisdictions influenced by English common law, the minimum degree of uncertainty required to acquit a defendant. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Derived forms: beyond a reasonable doubt Translations (degree of uncertainty): 合理懷疑 (Chinese Mandarin), 合理怀疑 (hélǐ huáiyí) (Chinese Mandarin), varteenotettava epäilys (Finnish), duda razonable [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-reasonable_doubt-en-noun-2jTUA3xc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: law

Inflected forms

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