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third-party doctrine

third-party doctrine noun: in Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, a doctrine that holds that people give up their expectation of privacy in information they voluntarily give to third parties.

Noun

third-party doctrine (uncountable)

  1. (US) In Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, a doctrine that holds that people give up their expectation of privacy in information they voluntarily give to third parties.

Questions about third-party doctrine

What does third-party doctrine mean?
Third-party doctrine means in Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, a doctrine that holds that people give up their expectation of privacy in information they voluntarily give to third parties.
What part of speech is third-party doctrine?
Third-party doctrine is a noun.

Words near third-party doctrine in the dictionary

  1. third-party
  2. third-party claim
  3. third-party claims
  4. third-party cookie
  5. third-party cookies
  6. third-party doctrine
  7. third-partying
  8. third-person dual
  9. third-person duals
  10. third-person effect
  11. third-person plural

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