exclusionary rule

1. 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

   Broaderrule of evidence

Questions about exclusionary rule

What does exclusionary rule mean?

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

Is exclusionary rule a common word?

exclusionary rule is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.