Plainness - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: plainnessplain view
plain view 1 : a location or field of perception in which something is plainly apparent 2 : a doctrine that permits the search, seizure, and use of evidence obtained without a search warrant when such evidence was plainly perceptible in the course of lawful procedure and the police had probable cause to believe it was incriminating see also inadvertent discovery compare fruit of the poisonous tree ...
Plain dealing
Practicing plain dealing artless See Plain dealing under Dealing...
Plain spoken
Speaking with plain unreserved sincerity also spoken sincerely as plain spoken words...
plain error
plain error see error ...
plain meaning rule
plain meaning rule : a rule in statute or contract interpretation: when the language is unambiguous and clear on its face the meaning of the statute or contract must be determined from the language of the statute or contract and not from extrinsic evidence ...
Plain laid
Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way as a plain laid rope See Illust of Cordage...
Plainly
In a plain manner clearly...
Plainness
The quality or state of being plain...
plains wanderer
A bird of the genus Pedionomus Pedionomus torquatus of New South Wales the only species in the genus Pedionomus is the only genus of the family Pedionomidae of the order Passeriformes and the plains wanderer is thus the only species in the family The total world population ca 2000 is estimated to be 5 to 10 thousand...
error
error : an act that through ignorance, deficiency, or accident departs from or fails to achieve what should be done [procedural s] ;esp : a mistake made by a lower court in conducting judicial proceedings or making findings in a case [to compel to conclusion that a manifest has been done "Moses v. Burgin, 445 F.2d 369 (1971)"] often used without an article [had been to give the jury special interrogatories "K. A. Cohen"]; see also assignment of error, clearly erroneous NOTE: Generally a party must object to an error at trial in order to raise it as an issue on appeal. clear error : an error made by a judge in his or her findings of fact which is such that it leaves the reviewing court with the firm and definite conviction that a mistake has been made NOTE: A clear error may or may not warrant reversal. fundamental error : plain error in this entry used esp. in criminal cases harmless error : an error that does not affect a substantial right or change the outcome of a trial a...
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