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Definition 2025

A favorable judgement given in the absence of full evidence.
(cricket) The principle employed by umpires in cases of uncertainty concerning a batsman possibly being out, in which the decision must be in the batsman's favour.

a favorable judgement given in the absence of full evidence

Icelandic: (give the benefit of the doubt) láta njóta vafans, (give the benefit of the doubt) telja saklausan uns sekt hefur verið sönnuð m
Italian: beneficio del dubbio
Norwegian:

Bokmål: la tvilen komme tiltalte til gode

Nynorsk: la tvilen kome tiltalte til gode
Persian:
Portuguese: benefício da dúvida m
Russian:
Spanish: beneficio de la duda