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Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 2.04
Definition of Preponderance of the Evidence [instructions on substantive law]
Many [Some] of the instructions that follow ask you to decide whether something is more likely true than not true. Something is more likely true than not true if you believe that the chance that it is true is even the slightest bit greater than the chance that it is not true. In more familiar language, something is more likely true than not true if you believe that there is a greater than 50 percent chance that it is true. Fifty-one percent probability is enough; no more is required for you to decide that something is more likely true than not true.
If you believe that the chance that something is true is 50/50 or less, you must decide that it is not true.
History
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions 2.04, dated Revised 1999. The index notes: Formerly 2.22. Prepared by the Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee; published by the Alaska Court System. The Alaska Court System states that these instructions "have not been approved or promulgated by any court or the Alaska Bar Association."
Provenance
- Source
- courts.alaska.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
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