Fruit

Definition - Noun
1 a  : something (as evidence) that is obtained or gathered during an action or operation (as a search) <moved to suppress evidence seized from the room on the grounds that it was obtained as the ~ of an illegal arrest ­National Law Journal>
b  pl : See also fruit of the poisonous tree<the Court was asked to extend the...fruits doctrine ­Oregon v. Elstad, 470 U.S. 298 (1985)>
2 a  in the civil Law of Louisiana : property (as income or goods) produced by or derived from other movable or immovable property without diminution of its substance <co-owners share the ~s and products of the thing held ­Louisiana Civil Code>
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in personam jurisdiction

the jurisdiction granted a court over persons before it that allows the court to issue a binding judgment


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