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Miranda warning
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Etymology
From Miranda v. Arizona (1966), the usual name for a U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that criminal suspects must be informed of certain rights, after Ernesto Miranda.
Noun
Miranda warning (plural Miranda warnings)
- (US law) A warning given by a law enforcement officer to criminal suspects in his custody advising them of certain constitutional rights, called their Miranda rights.
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