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Miranda warning - verb To read somebody their rights on arrest as set out in Miranda v Arizona.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Miranda is a convenient shorthand but the rights spelled out in Miranda had been around for a while.
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For example, nothing prevents the Court from concluding that the “constitutional rule” announced in Miranda is applicable only to ordinary law enforcement, not to the special case of terrorism.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Legislating Miranda Rights for Terrorism Cases? 2010
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Many experts who follow the court closely on this issue will tell you that Miranda is today a façade.
How the Roberts Court works Ezra Klein 2010
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(From BarnesandNoble. com) At last, Miranda is the life of the party: all she had to do was die.
WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR FEBRUARY 7 | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010
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Hunter outraces his icy step-cousin Miranda in order to save his fortune.
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In The Line of Polity, the outlink station Miranda is destroyed by sabotage, by a nanomycelium which Dragon supplied.
Archive 2010-01-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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(From BarnesandNoble. com) At last, Miranda is the life of the party: all she had to do was die.
WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR FEBRUARY 7 | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010
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If I weren't set up for that and were looking for outside hosting, I'd probably go for something like Meilin Miranda's latest brainstorm, which is a co-hosting site for authors doing crowdsourced fiction: DigitalNovelists. com.
ceciliatan: Web serial novel: how the experiment is going ceciliatan 2010
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Bringing in Miranda and Kelly and all 3 ladies singing some Patty Griffin is an idea FULL of win – great job!
Carrie Underwood's holiday special: I vote for more duets, fewer skits. You? | EW.com 2009
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Miranda has misfired because the police never believed in Miranda and developed ways to use it offensively, the lower courts and, eventually, the US Supreme Court have distinguished it to death, and you cannot keep a defendant quiet.
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