(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.
(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.
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(US, legal) A special motion in limine raised before or during trial, to exclude the presentation of unqualified evidence to the jury.
(US, law) The set of the three United States Supreme Court cases that articulated the Daubert standard.
(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.
(chiefly, US, legal) Of or pertaining to evidence.