Define important terms
Fact
Strong definition: Something known to
be true. (It’s a fact.)
Weak definition: Something proposed to be true (Check your facts.)
Prove
Strong definition: To establish
conclusively (100%).
Weak definition: To test (The proof of
the pudding is in the eating.)
Five legal “standards of proof”
Preponderance of evidence (³51%)
Clear and convincing (≈75%)
Beyond a reasonable doubt (≈90%)
To a moral certainty (≈95%–98%)
Absolute (100%)