exclusionary rule

American  

noun

1. a rule that forbids the introduction of illegally obtained evidence in a criminal trial.

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Etymology

Origin of exclusionary rule

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Justice Kennedy was in the majority after indicating earlier that he was unwilling to overturn the entire exclusionary rule.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2018

Under the exclusionary rule, illegally obtained evidence cannot be used at trial.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2017

Likewise, Justice David Souter stated that if a computer database had no way of “keeping the number of resulting false arrests within an acceptable minimum limit,” the exclusionary rule might apply.

From Slate • Dec. 13, 2016

The exclusionary rule was finally extended to the States in Mapp v.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

The Court has intimated recently that the federal exclusionary rule is not a command of the Fourth Amendment, but merely a judicially created rule of evidence which Congress could overrule.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel