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scrutiny
scrutiny pl: -nies : searching study or inquiry ;specif : judicial investigation of the constitutionality of a statutory classification of persons under the
Investigative
Given to investigation inquisitive curious searching
Torrens system
Minnesota NOTE: When a certificate of title is first applied for in the Torrens system, the title is searched or examined, a court hearing is held (as in a land court), and a decree confirming title and
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abstracter
abstracter also ab·strac·tor [ab-strak-tər] n : a person who searches out and summarizes information to be used as reference or proof ;specif : a person who prepares abstracts
curtilage
with a home NOTE: The curtilage of a house is included in the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures.
effect
goods [the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and s, against unreasonable searches and seizures "U.S. Constitution amend. IV"] 3 : the quality or state of being operative [when the new
fourth amendment
amendment The constitutional amendment guaranteeing people the right to be secure in their homes and property against unreasonable searches and seizures, and providing that no warrants shall issue except upon probable cause. Source: FindLaw
house
one's residence or a locked place of business) in which one is entitled to protection (as from warrantless searches and seizures) under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 2 a : a legislative assembly esp. that
inadvertent discovery
evidence found by inadvertent discovery may be seized under the plain view exception to the warrant requirement for searches and seizures. In Horton v. California, 496 U.S. 128 (1990), however, the Court, while not overturning Coolidge, decided
private investigator
member of a police force who is licensed to do detective work (as investigation of suspected wrongdoing or searching for missing persons)
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