Hit-and-run

Definition - adj
1  : having left the scene of a motor vehicle accident without stopping to fulfill the duties imposed by law (as rendering aid or giving identification) <a ~ driver>
2  : involving or concerning a hit-and-run driver <a ~ accident> <~ statutes>



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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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