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Preponderate

Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

To "preponderate" is to "outweigh." There may be evidence which, standing by itself, establishes a certain state of facts, but the evidence does not preponderate in favor of any given state of facts unless it is suf Hcient to outweigh all the testimony introduced in opposition thereto. 138 111. 13.