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FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS TREE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fruit of the poisonous tree" 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)