frye test
Frye test. The defunct federal common-law rule of evidence on the admissibility of scientific evidence. • It required that the tests or procedures must have gained general acceptance in their particular field. In Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharms., Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786 (1993), the Supreme Court held that scientific evidence must meet the requirements of the Federal Rules of Evidence, not the Frye test, to be admissible. Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C. Cir. 1923). See DAUBERT TEST. [Cases: Criminal Law 388.1–388.4; Evidence 555. C.J.S. Evidence §§ 597–598, 601, 649, 652, 713.]
