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Definition: Probable Cause |
Probable CauseNoun1. (in law) evidence sufficient to warrant an arrest or search and seizure; "a magistrate determined that there was probable cause to search the house". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Probable Cause |
| English words defined with "probable cause": Malicious prosecution. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "probable cause": bearing inspector ♦ justice-court judge ♦ police judge ♦ SERVICE TECHNICIAN, COMPUTERIZED-PHOTOFINISHING EQUIPMENT ♦ TESTER, SOUND. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In the United States a probable cause hearing is the preliminary hearing that must take place after arraignment and before a serious crime goes to trial; the judge is presented with the basis of the prosecution's case and the defendant is afforded full right of cross-examination and the right to be represented by legal counsel. If the prosecution cannot make out a case of probable cause the court must dismiss the case against the accused. See also: evidentiary hearing.
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Screenplays | You go in there without probable cause, they're gonna call it an illegal search. (Beverly Hills Cop; writing credit: Danilo Bach; Daniel Petrie Jr.) Probable cause. (Undercover Brother; writing credit: Eran Merav) In this neighborhood, a Mercedes is probable cause. (Running Scared; writing credit: Gary DeVore; Jimmy Huston) | |
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US Bill of Rights | 1795 | Amendment IV. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. (reference) |
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Business | The laws of each emirate prohibit arrest or search without probable cause. (references) | |
Human Rights | Panama | Although the Constitution prohibits all wiretapping, the Government maintains that wiretapping with judicial approval is legal, and that the Attorney General may authorize a wiretap when confronted with probable cause in a serious crime. (references) |
Japan | Persons may not be detained without charge, and prosecuting authorities must be prepared to demonstrate before trial that probable cause exists in order to detain the accused. (references) | |
Honduras | A judge may detain an accused person for 6 days before a determination is made of probable cause to accept charges. (references) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
probable cause | 47 |
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| Language | Translations for "probable cause"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Finnish | todennäköinen syy (the most probable cause). (various references) | ||||
French | motif raisonnable (reasonable and probable ground). (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | alapos gyanú. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | obablepray ausecay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-c-e-e-l-o-p-r-s-u" | |
-3 letters: recoupable. | |
-4 letters: aerospace, albacores, barbecues, belabours, opercules, placeboes, probables, recouples, rescuable, separable, spareable, superable. | |
-5 letters: abusable, acarpous, acaulose, acerolas, albacore, araceous, arbuscle, aureolae, aureolas, aureoles, barbasco, barbecue, barbules, bearable, belabors, belabour, berascal, bluecaps, caesurae, caesural, capabler, caporals, capsular, carousal, carousel, causable, clabbers, clobbers, clubbers, cobblers, couplers, cupelers, curbable, earlobes, erasable, escarole, labrusca, opalesce. | |
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