forensic: clear and convincing evidence

The level of factual proof used in civil cases involving issues of personal liberty. The standard requires greater certainty than "more probable than not," but is not a demanding as "no reasonable doubt."*

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*Committee on Psychiatry and Law, of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry The Mental Health Professional and the Legal System Paperback 1992 American Psychiatric Press