beyond reasonable doubt

beyond reasonable doubt
{adv. phr.}, {formal and legal} Virtually certain; essentially convincing. * /The judge instructed the jurors to come up with a verdict of guilty only if they were convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that Algernon was the perpetrator./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • beyond\ reasonable\ doubt — adv. phr. formal and legal Virtually certain; essentially convincing. The judge instructed the jurors to come up with a verdict of guilty only if they were convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that Algernon was the perpetrator …   Словарь американских идиом

  • proof beyond reasonable doubt — See reasonable doubt …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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  • Reasonable doubt — Beyond a reasonable doubt is the standard required by the prosecution in most criminal cases within an adversarial system, also called the Burden of Proof . This means that the proposition being presented by the government must be proven to the… …   Wikipedia

  • beyond (a) reasonable doubt — legal phrase to a degree that the law considers to be satisfactory for making a decision The prosecution cannot prove beyond all reasonable doubt that she intended to kill him. Thesaurus: miscellaneous legal termshyponym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

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