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Arrest warrant

Arrest warrant, means a warrant, issued only on probable cause, directing a law-enforcement officer to arrest and bring a person to court, Black Law Dictionary 7th Edn., p.

Anticipatory search warrant

Anticipatory search warrant, means a search warrant based on an affidavit showing probable cause that evidence of a certain crime (such as illegal drugs) will be located at a specific place in

wiretap

wiretap -tapped -tap·ping vi : to engage in wiretapping [had probable cause to ] vt : to interpret through wiretapping [a wiretapped telephone conversation] ;also : to connect to the

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plain view

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

investigate

;specif : to make (a criminal suspect) the subject of inquiry and study for the purpose of establishing probable cause vi : to make a systematic examination ;esp : to conduct an official inquiry in·ves·ti·ga·tion [in-ves-tə-gā-shən] n in·ves·ti·ga·tion·al

good faith exception

to the exclusionary rule: evidence obtained by the use of a warrant later found to be unsupported by probable cause is admissible if the investigating officers acted in reasonable reliance that the warrant was valid see also Mapp

fourth amendment

their homes and property against unreasonable searches and seizures, and providing that no warrants shall issue except upon probable cause. Source: FindLaw

automobile exception

allows a police officer to search an automobile without a search warrant in cases where the officer has probable cause to believe that the automobile contains evidence of a crime and that the evidence would be disposed of

Capellet

a wen on the point of the elbow or the heel of the hock of a horse caused probably by bruises in lying down … like a wen on the point of the elbow or the heel of the hock of a horse caused probably by bruises in lying down

suspect

(one) to be guilty on slight evidence or without proof 2 : to imagine to exist or be probable [they had reasonable cause to abuse]

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