Regulations last checked for updates: Jun 15, 2025

Title 29 - Labor last revised: Apr 30, 2025
§ 1471.990 - Preponderance of the evidence.

Preponderance of the evidence means proof by information that, compared with information opposing it, leads to the conclusion that the fact at issue is more probably true than not.

authority: E.O. 12549 ,3 CFR 1986 Comp., p. 189; E.O. 12698, 3 CFR 1989 Comp., p. 235; sec. 2455, Pub. L. 103-355, 108 Stat. 3327 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note); 29 U.S.C. 175a.
source: 68 FR 66544, 66603, 66604, Nov. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 29 CFR 1471.990