inadmissible

(ĭn'əd-mĭs'ə-bəl)
adj.
Not admissible: inadmissible evidence.

inadmissibility in'ad·mis'si·bil'i·ty n.
inadmissibly in'ad·mis'si·bly adv.

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Arousing disapproval: exceptionable, ill-favored, objectionable, unacceptable, undesirable, unwanted, unwelcome. See like/dislike.

adj

Definition: not appropriate
Antonyms: acceptable, admissible, allowable, appropriate

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

That which, according to established legal principles, cannot be received into evidence at a trial for consideration by the jury or judge in reaching a determination of the action.

Evidence, for example, that is obtained as a result of an unlawful search and seizure is inadmissible, as is hearsay.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

adj.

Not competent to be considered. Said of certain kinds of testimony which juries are supposed to be unfit to be entrusted with, and which judges, therefore, rule out, even of proceedings before themselves alone. Hearsay evidence is inadmissible because the person quoted was unsworn and is not before the court for examination; yet most momentous actions, military, political, commercial and of every other kind, are daily undertaken on hearsay evidence. There is no religion in the world that has any other basis than hearsay evidence. Revelation is hearsay evidence; that the Scriptures are the word of God we have only the testimony of men long dead whose identity is not clearly established and who are not known to have been sworn in any sense. Under the rules of evidence as they now exist in this country, no single assertion in the Bible has in its support any evidence admissible in a court of law. It cannot be proved that the battle of Blenheim ever was fought, that there was such as person as Julius Caesar, such an empire as Assyria.

But as records of courts of justice are admissible, it can easily be proved that powerful and malevolent magicians once existed and were a scourge to mankind. The evidence (including confession) upon which certain women were convicted of witchcraft and executed was without a flaw; it is still unimpeachable. The judges' decisions based on it were sound in logic and in law. Nothing in any existing court was ever more thoroughly proved than the charges of witchcraft and sorcery for which so many suffered death. If there were no witches, human testimony and human reason are alike destitute of value.

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adj

That which cannot be admitted into evidence in a legal proceeding under the established rules of law.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - utilladelig, utilstedelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontoelaatbaar

Français (French)
adj. - (Jur) irrecevable, inadmissible, inacceptable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unzulässig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - απαράδεκτος, ανεπίτρεπτος

Italiano (Italian)
inammissibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - inadmissível

Русский (Russian)
недопустимый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inadmisible, inaceptable

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - otillåtlig, oacceptabel (jur.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不可许可的, 难承认的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不可許可的, 難承認的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 허락하기 어려운, 허가할 수 없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 許せない, 承認しがたい, 裁判で認められない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ممنوع, غير مسموح به‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא קביל, לא מתקבל, שאין להכניסו‬

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