Epistemic modality in court judgments: A corpus-driven comparison of civil cases in Hong Kong and Scotland.

Highlights: [•] Examines the way in which epistemic modality is employed in civil judgments. [•] Compares how different types of epistemic modality are used in the different jurisdictions of Hong Kong and Scotland. [•] Integrates subjective appraisal and objective assessment perspectives in understanding the principle of proof. [•] Proposes an integrated framework of principle of proof and discusses a continuum of probability in law. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]