Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun exclusionary_rule

1 sense of exclusionary rule

Sense 1
exclusionary rule -- (a rule that provides that otherwise admissible evidence cannot be used in a criminal trial if it was the result of illegal police conduct)
       => 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)