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A quick definition of reasonable grounds:

Reasonable grounds refers to having a good reason to believe that someone has done something wrong or that a place has something connected to a crime. This is important because before the police can arrest someone or search a place, they need to have more than just a feeling that something is wrong. They need to have evidence or facts that would make a reasonable person believe that a crime has been committed. This is called probable cause. It's like when you have a good reason to think your little brother took your toy because you saw him playing with it earlier. That's reasonable grounds to ask him about it.

A more thorough explanation:

Reasonable grounds refer to a situation where there is a reasonable belief that a person has committed or is committing a crime or that a place contains specific items connected with a crime. This belief is based on facts and evidence that would convince a reasonable person.

For example, if a police officer sees someone breaking into a house, they have reasonable grounds to suspect that the person has committed a crime. Similarly, if a person is found with drugs in their possession, the police have reasonable grounds to suspect that the person is committing a crime.

Under the Fourth Amendment, probable cause is required before an arrest warrant or search warrant may be issued. Probable cause is more than a mere suspicion but less than evidence that would justify a conviction. It is an objective standard that requires the facts to be such as would warrant a belief by a reasonable person.

In tort law, probable cause refers to a reasonable belief in the existence of facts on which a claim is based and in the legal validity of the claim itself. For example, if a person files a lawsuit claiming that they were injured in a car accident, they must have reasonable grounds to believe that the accident occurred and that the other driver was at fault.

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CondemnedPuffyGnome
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feeling very pessimistic about this cycle. at first it felt so good to get into any school at all, and now I feel like I would regret settling for the rest of my life
CondemnedPuffyGnome
21:04
but that means now I have to wait ANOTHER year and retake and reapply aghhh
[] ararara
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@CondemnedPuffyGnome: I wouldn’t do anything I’d seriously regret unless I had to but it’s also important to be realistic about what you can do
21:31
Also weigh the pros and cons of whatever you will be doing to improve your odds (whether that’s retesting or just new essays etc) and decide if that is worth passing up the current offers you have
@CondemnedPuffyGnome: May I ask which school(s) you would be settling for (settling for one of)?
KnowledgeableRitzyWasp
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This process can be super toxic. So often when we’re faced with very good options we feel like they’re not good enough. Which is usually an arbitrary and meaningless feeling
trees1234567
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How did we do today
wittyhat900
21:52
um is there a moderator who can take care of the person with the username "h**lerwasright"
wittyhat900
21:54
theyre updating their schools and i feel like they shouldnt have that name :|
[M] ararara
22:02
Sorry! Working on it. Took care of one of the users today who has been behind these kind of things. It is really sickening to all of us.
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thanks ararara!
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22:11
@SirEggan: Ty! Hope you have a good night.
22:51
if we say the word moderator does it automatically ping someone or is there a way to do that?
Ijustwannagetinman
22:55
Can anyone help me quantify why UCLA is the much better school than UT Austin
Ijustwannagetinman
22:55
For my mom
Ijustwannagetinman
22:56
I mean it';s the better school for me but I need to quantify it to her bc it's much more expensive
Ijustwannagetinman
22:56
even with my scholarship
KnowledgeableRitzyWasp
23:02
Ucla is better for California but UT is better for texas
KnowledgeableRitzyWasp
23:02
They’re both about the same level of outcomes
Ijustwannagetinman
23:20
I mean big law percentages aren’t the same overall Texas is 40% and ucla is 52%
Ijustwannagetinman
23:20
But I want more data than that even if anyone has it
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