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===Legal relativism=== In English [[common law]], two (perhaps three) separate standards of proof are recognized: * proof based on the [[Burden of proof (law)#Preponderance of the evidence|balance of probabilities]] is the lesser standard used in [[Civil law (common law)|civil litigation]], which cases mostly concern money or some other penalty, that, if further and better evidence should emerge, is reasonably reversible. * proof [[reasonable doubt|beyond reasonable doubt]] is used in [[criminal law]] cases where an accused's right to [[personal freedom]] or [[survival]] is in question, because such [[punishment]] is not reasonably reversible. * Absolute truth is so complex as to be only capable of being fully understood by the [[Omniscience|omniscient]] established during the [[Tudor period]] as the one true [[God in Christianity|God]] <ref>[https://www.lawyersnjurists.com/article/reasonable-doubt-v-balance-of-probability/Lawyers & Jurists website: Reasonable doubt v balance of probability]</ref>
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