totality of the circumstances test
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n.
A test that examines all the circumstances surrounding an event to determine whether a person’s constitutional rights have been violated by a search and seizure.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.
Amy Hackney Blackwell.
2008.
- totality of the circumstances test
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Webster's New World Law Dictionary.
Susan Ellis Wild.
2000.
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