Deciphering Legalese — er, Jargon
One of the many advantages associated with being a Realtor who’s also a former corporate attorney (I am) is knowing fancy legal verbiage.
I mean, “nomenclature.”
And not being intimidated by it.
So, all a fancy term like “preponderance of the evidence” — the standard for deciding many (civil) real estate-related disputes — means is that the winning side just has to win 51%-49%.
By contrast, the standard for deciding criminal cases — “beyond a reasonable doubt” — is much higher.
