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What is probable cause?

What is probable cause? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (US, law) The standard by which a police officer may make an arrest or conduct a personal or property search.
  2. In accident investigations, the conclusions reached by the investigating body as to the factor or factors which caused the accident.
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However, this finding was not analysed to assess the potential risk or probable cause of the problem.
Moreover, patients identified by simple tests as likely to have heart failure need echocardiography to confirm the diagnosis and establish its probable cause.
The board concluded that the accident's probable cause was disorientation caused by haze and a dark night.
He was booked into jail, and he was cited for probable cause by the police that he may have committed an aggravated murder.
Ordinarily in criminal cases, a search warrant based on probable cause to suspect illegal activity is required.
The test for reasonable and probable cause in a malicious prosecution case is the same as that in a claim based on false arrest or imprisonment.

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