If the search of a criminal suspect is unreasonable, the evidence obtained in the search will be excluded from trial. The exclusionary rule is a court-made rule. This means that it was created not in statutes passed by legislative bodies but rather by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Definition of palisade for English Language Learners. : 1  a high fence made of pointed stakes that was used in the past to protect a building or area. 2  palisades : a line of steep cliffs especially along a river or ocean.
Plural abscissas or abscissae (Äb-sÄ­s'Ä) The distance of a point from the y-axis on a graph in the Cartesian coordinate system. It is measured parallel to the x-axis. For example, a point having coordinates (2,3) has 2 as its abscissa. Compare ordinate.