probable cause
noun [ U ] law US specialized uk/ˌprɒb.ə.bəl ˈkɔːz/ us/ˌprɑː.bə.bəl ˈkɑːz/
合理根据，指有足够理由认为罪行或已发生且某人或许因此承担责任，这构成警察有权拘捕或搜查的法律标准
a good reason to believe that a crime was probably committed, and that a particular person was probably responsible, used as a legal standard for arresting someone or searching a place
The judge believed there was probable cause a crime was committed. 法官认为有合理根据认为罪行已经发生。
They determined that no probable cause exists to file any charge against Officer Brown. 他们裁定没有合理根据可以对布朗警官提出指控。
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- To get a warrant to search someone's home, you need to go to a magistrate and say we have probable cause to believe that there is evidence of a crime in that home.
- Sometimes the FBI will surveil somebody while they attempt to gain probable cause to take a person into custody.
- According to the probable cause affidavit, when the woman got home, she found her angry husband throwing belongings around the home.