Blockbusting

Definition - Noun
: profiteering by inducing property owners to sell hastily and often at a loss by appeals to fears of lowered values because of threatened minority encroachment and then reselling at inflated prices
Many states have statutes prohibiting blockbusting by real estate agents.



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inevitable discovery

a doctrine in criminal law: evidence obtained by methods that are unconstitutional may be admissible if it would have been inevitably discovered without the unlawful methods


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