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Definition of Fruit of the poisonous tree
1. Noun. A rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used.
Definition of Fruit of the poisonous tree
1. Noun. (US legal idiomatic) Evidence that has been obtained as the result of an illegal act on the part of law enforcement personnel (such as a warrantless search, or continued questioning of a witness who has invoked the right of counsel), and which is therefore excluded from being admitted as evidence in a trial. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fruit Of The Poisonous Tree
Literary usage of Fruit of the poisonous tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Christian Doctrine by Isaak August Dorner (1882)
"According to Menken, human nature is corrupted, physically and psychically, by
the forbidden fruit of the poisonous tree. This poison is the principle of ..."
2. A System of Christian Doctrine by Isaac August Dorner (1890)
"According to Menken, human nature is corrupted, physically and psychically, by
the forbidden fruit of the poisonous tree. This poison is the principle of ..."
3. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg (1854)
"... by the first temptation; as indeed it appears in the book of Genesis itself
as the fruit of the poisonous tree whose planting is detailed in chap. iii. ..."
4. Folk-tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day (1883)
"... his wife that instead of leading the wretched life of a beggar he would eat
the fruit of the poisonous tree in the king's garden and thus end his days. ..."
5. Police Abuse and Killings of Street Children in India by Arvind Ganesan, Patricia Gossman (1996)
"... interrogation or other illegal means is inadmissable because of the tainted
means used. This is known as the "fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine. ..."
6. Jury And The Search For Truth: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary edited by Orrin G. Hatch (1998)
"Similarly, statements taken in violation of Miranda are not subject to traditional
fruit of the poisonous tree analysis; involuntary statements are. ..."
7. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg, Theodore Meyer, James Martin (1868)
"... as, indeed, it appears in the book of Genesis itself as the fruit of the
poisonous tree, the planting of which is detailed in chap. iii. ..."
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