open fields doctrine

open-fields doctrine. Criminal procedure. The rule permitting a warrantless search of the area outside a property owner’s curtilage. • Unless there is some other legal basis for the search, it must exclude the home and any adjoining land (such as a yard) that is within an enclosure or otherwise protected from public scrutiny. — Also termed open-field doctrine; open-fields rule. Cf. PLAIN-VIEW DOCTRINE. [Cases: Controlled Substances 134; Searches and Seizures 27. C.J.S. Searches and Seizures §§ 36, 71.]

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词条贡献者

译员海燕，毕业于法国顶尖的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各种与破产对抗诉讼有关的法律文件。