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Miranda rights
plural noun
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“Miranda rights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Miranda%20rights. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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Miranda rights
noun pluralNote: A reading of the Miranda rights usually includes a warning that anything said could be used as evidence. No statements made by an arrested person or evidence obtained therefrom may be introduced at trial unless the person was advised of or validly waived these rights. A fresh reading of the Miranda rights may be required by the passage of time after the initial reading, as for example if a previously silent person begins to speak or police interrogate a person more than once.
from Miranda v. Arizona, the 1966 U.S. Supreme Court ruling establishing such rights
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