What is the standard of evidence in civil actions?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from MATTER OF SARATOGA CO. COMR. PUB. WEL. v. Waters, 205 Misc. 1004 (N.Y. Dist. Ct. 1954):
The standard is not that in civil actions nor is the standard as rigorous as that in criminal proceedings. The evidence must be entirely satisfactory. (Matter of Cote v. Longley, 241 App. Div. 539.)
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