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exclusionary rule

DEFINITIONS OF: exclusionary rule

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n a rule that provides that otherwise admissible evidence cannot be used in a criminal trial if it was the result of illegal police conduct

Type 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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