CFR > Title 34 - Education > SUBTITLE A—Office of the Secretary, Department of Education > PART 85—GOVERNMENTWIDE DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NONPROCUREMENT) > SUBPART I—Definitions (§85.900 to §85.1020) > 85.990—Preponderance of the evidence.

85.990—Preponderance of the evidence.

Preponderance of the evidence means proof by information that, compared with information opposing it, leads to the conclusion that the fact at issue is more probably true than not.

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(Authority: E.O. 12549 (3 CFR, 1986 Comp., p. 189); E.O 12689 (3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 235); 20 U.S.C. 1082, 1094, 1221e-3 and 3474 ; and Sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3243 at 3327)