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Reliable Application

Definition

A defensible use of a method for the actual facts and question.

Related terms

Admissibility
Whether a piece of evidence is permitted to be placed before the fact-finder at all. Admissibility is a threshold question, decided by...
Ultimate Issue
The central question the court must decide: guilty or not guilty, liable or not liable. Traditionally experts were prohibited from expressing opinions...
Weight
The significance assigned to admitted evidence in the case.

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