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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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资深译员Gary，毕业于一所培养高级翻译以及跨文化事务专家的精英大学，专注翻译各种与公共政策与战略有关的法律文件。