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on the balance of probabilitiesstresses
law на основе взвешивания всех факторов (Хыка); на основе наличия большей вероятности (linguee.ru Хыка); на основе принципа большей вероятности (balance of probabilities: the standard of proof in civil cases, demanding that the case that is the more probable should succeed. This is the kind of decision represented by the scales of justice. The court weighs up the evidence and decides which version is most probably true. Thus, the actual truth may never be known. All that is done in the Anglo-American system is to choose which of the combatants has presented the most probable version. If both seem equally balanced, then the person pursuing the case loses on the basis of the maxim melior est conditio defendentis, 'better is the position of the defender'. 'More)