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- noun US, law, idiomatic
Evidence that has been obtained as the result of anillegal act on the part oflaw enforcement personnel (such as awarrantless search , or continued questioning of a witness who has invoked theright of counsel ), and which is thereforeexcluded from being admitted as evidence in atrial .
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- noun a rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used
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