☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Reasonable Suspicion

A standard of proof lower than probable cause, requiring specific and articulable facts that would lead a reasonable person to suspect criminal activity, sufficient to justify a brief investigatory stop.

Etymology: English compound · Category: Criminal Law · Source: Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
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