HyperDic: exclusionary_rule

English > 1 sense of the expression exclusionary rule:
NOUNcommunicationexclusionary rulea rule that provides that otherwise admissible evidence cannot be used in a criminal trial if it was the result of illegal police conduct
English > exclusionary rule: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA rule that provides that otherwise admissible evidence cannot be used in a criminal trial if it was the result of illegal police conduct.
Broaderrule 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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