NOUN | communication | exclusionary rule | 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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Meaning | 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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Broader | rule of evidence | (law) a rule of law whereby any alleged matter of fact that is submitted for investigation at a judicial trial is established or disproved |
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