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Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 204
Clear and Convincing Evidence - Definition
Certain facts must be proved by clear and convincing evidence; this is a higher burden of
proof than a preponderance of the evidence. Clear and convincing evidence means that the
evidence is so strong that it leads you to a firm belief or conclusion, without hesitating, as to
what the facts are and that the party’s [claim/claims] [is/are] true. I will tell you which facts must
be proven by clear and convincing evidence.
History
Proposed Mississippi Plain Language Model Jury Instructions - Civil 204 (current as of February 17, 2012). Submitted in 2012 by the Mississippi Model Jury Instructions Commission (created by the Supreme Court of Mississippi by order of December 30, 2008) and published by the Court on courts.ms.gov. The Court states that these model jury instructions have not been adopted or approved by the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
- Content hash
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