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clog

n.
C1 Advanced US //ˈkɫɑɡ// UK //klˈɒɡ// clog Informal

n. a legal rule that prevents a person from using a specific piece of evidence in a court case. It is often used to stop someone from using information they learned during a secret meeting or a private conversation.

n. a legal principle that bars the use of evidence obtained through a specific method or in a particular context. It is frequently applied to evidence derived from a private conversation or a settlement agreement.


SIMPLE

The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible due to the clog.

CONTEXTUAL

The defense attorney argued that the witness's testimony was inadmissible because of a clog related to the previous settlement.

COMPLEX

The court applied the clog to prevent the prosecution from using the defendant's private diary entries, which had been discovered during a search of a property where the two parties had previously settled a dispute.

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Origin

Unknown; perhaps from Middle English clog (“weight attached to the leg of an animal to impede movement”). Perhaps of North Germanic origin and derived from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“lump, mass, clasp”); compare Old Norse klugu, klogo (“knotty tree log”), Dutch klomp.

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