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real prospect of success

phrase/rɪəl ˈprɒspɛkt əv səkˈsɛs/

B2CEFR level
70/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

The threshold, more than merely fanciful but not requiring probable success, that a claim or defence must meet to survive summary determination.

Permission to defend was granted because the guarantor had a real prospect of establishing that the demand was invalid.

Topic: Evidence & procedure in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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