Warrant
A judicial authorization for a search or arrest, issued on probable cause and describing the place and items with particularity.
A valid warrant requires a neutral and detached magistrate, probable cause supported by oath or affirmation, and particular description of the place to be searched and things to be seized. The exclusionary rule suppresses evidence from an invalid search, subject to the good-faith, independent-source, inevitable-discovery, and attenuation exceptions.
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