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.
abscissa. n, pl-scissas or-scissae (-ËsÉªsiË). 1. (Mathematics) the horizontal or x-coordinate of a point in a two-dimensional system of Cartesian coordinates. It is the distance from the y-axis measured parallel to the x-axis. Compare ordinate. [C17: New Latin, originally linea abscissa a cut-off line].