reasonable doubt

English

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.

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