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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The rule, based upon the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution, that prevents the use of illegally seized evidence against a defendant in a criminal trial.
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- noun US, law A
doctrine which requires thatevidence obtained as the result of anillegal act on the part oflaw enforcement personnel (such as awarrantless search , or continued questioning a witness who has invoked theright of counsel ) must therefore beexcluded from being admitted as evidence in atrial .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a rule that provides that otherwise admissible evidence cannot be used in a criminal trial if it was the result of illegal police conduct
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