FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS TREE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("fruit of the poisonous tree" 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)

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