medical emergency exception

medical-emergency exception. Criminal law. The principle that a police officer does not need a warrant to enter a person’s home if the entrance is made to render aid to someone whom the officer reasonably believes to be in need of immediate assistance. [Cases: Searches and Seizures 42.

1. C.J.S. Searches and Seizures §§ 14, 57–61, 63.]

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双语律师Nanda，国际知名法学院国际法专业，擅长翻译各类与生物医学诉讼相关的法律文件。