mere evidence rule
definition: The mere evidence rule was a common law search-and-seizure rule and property law that mandated that ownership rights trumped governmental evidentiary interests. The rule had an important impact on search and seizure law until 1967, when the United States Supreme Court eliminated the rule in the case of Warden v. Hayden. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Mere Evidence Rule]
broader: Fourth Amendment concepts
type: Concept

Fourth Amendment concepts
type: Concept
narrower: mere evidence rule

concepts
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type: ConceptGroup
member: mere evidence rule