inadmissible

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Jonathan’s lawyers said the footprint is inadmissible because the path was “never cordoned off and therefore contaminated,” making the mark “unsuitable as the subject of forensic-scientific examination.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Not all of Mangione's statements to police in the McDonald's restaurant where they arrested him in Pennsylvania were ruled inadmissible.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Barca complained to Uefa over a "grave lack of VAR intervention" but European football's governing body said on Tuesday that the club's protest was "inadmissible".

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

But polygraphs are unreliable and inadmissible in court, and Hatley maintained her innocence under further questioning.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

“I believe,” concluded Scott, “if Congress should at any time be of the opinion that a state of slavery was a quality inadmissible in America, they would not be barred...of prohibiting this baneful quality.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis