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EXCLUSIONARY RULE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("exclusionary rule" is a kind of...):
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)