suppression of evidence definition

suppression of evidence

Concealment, destruction or withholding of, or refusal to give, material evidence which one has or knows and is legally or morally bound to reveal. It is normally considered 'obstruction of justice,' a criminal offense.

Court ruling that a particular evidence be excluded from a trial because it was illegally obtained. See also suppression of documents.

suppression of evidence is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.

suppression of evidence appears in the definitions of the following terms: fraudulent concealment, suppression of documents and withholding of evidence

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