HyperDic: fruit_of_the_poisonous_tree

English > 1 sense of the expression fruit of the poisonous tree:
NOUNcommunicationfruit of the poisonous treea rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used
English > fruit of the poisonous tree: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used.
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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