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rule, the. An evidentiary and procedural rule by which all witnesses are excluded from the courtroom while another witness is testifying (invoking “the rule”). • The phrase “the rule” is used chiefly in the American South and Southwest, but it is a universal practice to exclude witnesses before they testify. [Cases: Criminal Law 665; Federal Civil Procedure 2012; Trial 41. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1195; Trial § 155.]

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译者Frank，毕业于英国一流的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译涉及交通物流领域的法律文件。