(US, law, uncountable) Reasonable grounds for making an arrest or conducting a personal or property search.
Letting killers free with an ankle monitor should be illegal. Ankle monitors do not work. Assign a bodyguard to watch their every move if you’re going to let them free after there is probable cause for arresting them…
Buffy Star Nicholas Brendon's Probable Cause of Death Revealed bit.ly/4dboRLZ
(US, law, uncountable) Reasonable grounds for making an arrest or conducting a personal or property search.
“Letting killers free with an ankle monitor should be illegal. Ankle monitors do not work. Assign a bodyguard to watch their every move if you’re going to let them free after there is probable cause for arresting them for HOMICIDE”
“Buffy Star Nicholas Brendon's Probable Cause of Death Revealed bit.ly/4dboRLZ”
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(legal, England, Wales) In English law, to argue against the confirmation of a provisional order or judgment.
By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
(chiefly, UK) An issue or incident (originally, a legal case) arousing widespread controversy or public debate.
To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area of law, or as likely to result in a particular kind of legal remedy.
A grand jury indictment is not a validation of a case—it’s a procedural step based on probable cause. Here’s why that matters in the Comey indictment. natecharles.substack.com/p/grand-jury... #Law #LegalAnalysis #C…
“A grand jury indictment is not a validation of a case—it’s a procedural step based on probable cause. Here’s why that matters in the Comey indictment. natecharles.substack.com/p/grand-jury... #Law #LegalAnalysis #CriminalJustice #RuleOfLaw #Compliance”
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(UK, law) A prisoner accused but not yet tried.