polygraph

polygraph, n. A device used to evaluate truthfulness by measuring and recording involuntary physiological changes in the human body during interrogation. • Polygraph results are inadmissible as evidence in most states but are commonly used by the police as an investigative tool. — Also termed lie detector. [Cases: Criminal Law 388.5; Evidence 150. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 760; Evidence §§ 216–226.] — polygraphic, adj. — polygraphy, n.

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译者崇载，国际名校知识产权法专业，擅长翻译有关人工智能、机器学习和机器人技术领域的法律文件。