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  • 81probable cause — Law. reasonable ground for a belief, as, in a criminal case, that the accused was guilty of the crime, or, in a civil case, that grounds for the action existed: used esp. as a defense to an action for malicious prosecution. [1670 80] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 82probable cause — noun a) The standard by which a police officer may make an arrest or conduct a personal or property search. b) In accident investigations, the conclusions reached by the investigating body as to the factor or factors which caused the accident …

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  • 83Probable Maximum Loss (PML) — Estimated Maximum Los, Begriff der Versicherungswirtschaft. Der PML ist die realistisch geschätzte Obergrenze eines möglichen Schadens. D.h. der wahrscheinliche Maximalschaden unter Vernachlässigung möglicher außergewöhnlicher Umstände. Der PML… …

    Lexikon der Economics

  • 84probable cause — reasonable grounds for presuming someone to be guilty (Law) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 85probable consequence — what will probably happen as a result of …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 86probable route — route that is likely to be used, supposed track …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 87Probable (indicated) reserves, coal —   Reserves or resources for which tonnage and grade are computed partly from specific measurements, samples, or production data and partly from projection for a reasonable distance on the basis of geological evidence. The sites available are too… …

    Energy terms

  • 88Probable energy reserves —   Estimated quantities of energy sources that, on the basis of geologic evidence that supports projections from proved reserves, can reasonably be expected to exist and be recoverable under existing economic and operating conditions. Site… …

    Energy terms

  • 89probable cause — noun Law, chiefly N. Amer. reasonable grounds to believe that a particular person has committed a crime …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 90probable cause — prob′able cause′ n. 1) law reasonable ground for a belief that the accused was guilty of the crime 2) the probability that grounds for the action existed: often used as a defense …

    From formal English to slang