Searches and seizures

1791 amendment prohibiting unreasonable searches and seizures

legal procedure by which the police commence search of an entity's property and seize/confiscate any relevant evidence

type of court order authorizing police to forcibly search a private property for evidence

practice of searching a person for weapons or other contraband

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upright|thumb|An evacuee is frisked before being airlifted out of Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans|New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Frisking (also called a patdown, pat down, or pat-down) is a search of a person's outer clothing wherein a person runs their hands along the outer garments of another to detect any concealed weapons or objects with them.

U.S. rule against evidence that came through a government violation of the defendant's constitutional rights

low standard of proof which governs minor detentions and searches under United States law

criminal law procedure