EXCLUSIONARY RULE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exclusionary rule mean? 

• EXCLUSIONARY RULE (noun)
  The noun EXCLUSIONARY RULE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: EXCLUSIONARY RULE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXCLUSIONARY RULE (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)