From: Karen Selwyn on 11 Aug 2006 15:37 mrtravel wrote: >> >> Hatunen was subtly riffing on Mixi's ignorance of the law. The >> standard of proof for a civil trial is "preponderance of evidence." >> That's a different standard than the more-familiar "beyond a resonable >> doubt" associated with criminal law. > > > Is there no proof associated with "perpderence of evidence"? The defendant wins in a civil case when the litigant fails to "prove" the case based on a preponderance of evidence. The defendant wins in a criminal case when the state fails to "prove" the case beyond a reasonable doubt. Karen Selwyn
From: Mxsmanic on 11 Aug 2006 16:22 Karen Selwyn writes: > Hatunen was subtly riffing on Mixi's ignorance of the law. The standard > of proof for a civil trial is "preponderance of evidence." There is no trial for civil forfeiture. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: dgs on 11 Aug 2006 18:06 Martin wrote: > On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:07:06 -0700, dgs <dgs1300(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>[...] Yep, that's how it is in the weird and mixi'ed up world of a >>stuffy little apartment in Paris... > > ... tell us about his Last Tango. The horror! The horror! -- dgs
From: Hatunen on 11 Aug 2006 20:09 On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:16:45 -0400, Karen Selwyn <kselwyntacc(a)erols.com> wrote: >mrtravel wrote: >> >> >>> In civil matters "proof" is not a criterion. >>> >> >> Really? There is no need for evidence? > >Hatunen was subtly riffing on Mixi's ignorance of the law. The standard >of proof for a civil trial is "preponderance of evidence." That's a >different standard than the more-familiar "beyond a resonable doubt" >associated with criminal law. Neither of which constitutes "proof". ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *
From: Hatunen on 11 Aug 2006 20:10
On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:22:50 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Karen Selwyn writes: > >> Hatunen was subtly riffing on Mixi's ignorance of the law. The standard >> of proof for a civil trial is "preponderance of evidence." > >There is no trial for civil forfeiture. A trial is not an essential component of due process. ************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen(a)cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * |