general exploratory search
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 282 U.S. 344 - Go-Bart Importing Co. v. United States · 1931Most cited · 1,559 citing opinions
a general and apparently unlimited search, ransacking the desk, safe, filing cases and other parts of the office. It was a lawless invasion of the premises and a general exploratory search in the hope that evidence of crime might be found
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