trap and trace device
Defined in 2 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
the term “trap and trace device” means a device or process which captures the incoming electronic or other impulses which identify the originating number or other dialing, routing, addressing, and signaling information reasonably likely to identify the source of a wire or electronic communication, provided, however, that such information shall not include the contents of any communication;
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- 2001–present18 U.S.C. § 3127Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Definitions for chapter · as used in this chapter
the term “trap and trace device” means a device which captures the incoming electronic or other impulses which identify the originating number of an instrument or device from which a wire or electronic communication was transmitted;
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- 1994–200118 U.S.C. § 3127Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Definitions for chapter · as used in this chapter
The terms "pen register" and "trap and trace device" have the meanings given such terms in section 3127 of title 18.
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- 1998–present50 U.S.C. § 1841War and National Defense · Definitions · as used in this subchapter