PROBABLE CAUSE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(law) evidence sufficient to warrant an arrest or search and seizure

Example:

a magistrate determined that there was probable cause to search the house

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("probable cause" is a kind of...):

evidence; grounds (your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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