Daubert standard
(US, legal) A rule of evidence regarding the admissibility of expert witnesses' testimony during federal legal proceedings, and based (among other factors) on the use of the scientific method.
Etymology timeline
Born ~1993 · no dated citations yetDefinitions
(US, legal) A rule of evidence regarding the admissibility of expert witnesses' testimony during federal legal proceedings, and based (among other factors) on the use of the scientific method.
Comments
Have a better definition?
Add your own interpretation of "Daubert standard".
🗺️About Regional & Other slang
Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
See all Regional & Other slang on Slangora.
Tags
Other words near "Daubert standard" (D)
Browse all slang words starting with D.
Related terms
People also read
Semantically related
- Daubert motion75%
(US, legal) A special motion in limine raised before or during trial, to exclude the presentation of unqualified evidence to the jury.
- Daubert trilogy74%
(US, law) The set of the three United States Supreme Court cases that articulated the Daubert standard.
- exclusionary rule56%
(US, legal) A doctrine which requires that evidence obtained as the result of an illegal act on the part of law enforcement personnel (such as a warrantless search, or continued questioning a witness who has invoked the right of counsel) must therefore be excluded from being admitted as evidence in a trial. This rule does not apply in civil proceedings, although statutes sometime specifically provide for exclusion of such evidence.
- evidentiary55%
(chiefly, US, legal) Of or pertaining to evidence.
- MRE54%
, an evidentiary standard in Michigan state courts.