Motion to suppress evidence: a request to a judge to keep out evidence at a trial or hearing; often made when a party believes the evidence was unlawfully obtained.
1 a : something (as evidence) that is obtained or gathered during an action or operation (as a search) <moved to suppress evidence seized from the room on the grounds that it was obtained as the ~ of an illegal arrest National ...
90, 92 (1980), a criminal defendant moved to suppress evidence allegedly obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment. The Court concluded collateral estoppel barred a subsequent Sec. 1983 suit asserting the same Fourth Amendment violation. Id.
exclusionary rule : any of various rules that exclude or suppress evidence ;specif : a rule of evidence that excludes or suppresses evidence obtained in violation of a defendant's constitutional rights see also fruit ...
suppress To forbid the use of evidence in court; e.g., the court may suppress evidence that was seized illegally by the police.
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suppress: To stop or put an end to someone's activities. To suppress evidence is to withhold it from disclosure or publication.
 See also: Suppress, Use, Lawyer, Evidence, Trial
  
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