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In limine

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in limine (in limb-in-ay) from Latin for "at the threshold," referring to a motion before a trial begins. A motion to suppress illegally-obtained evidence is such a motion. (See: motion to suppress)


IN LIMINE. In or at the beginning. This phrase is frequently used; as, the courts are anxious to check crimes in limine.



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In denying the motion for interlocutory review in Pharaon, the Board observed that "[i]t is impossible to know whether and to what extent an in limine ruling on the admissibility of evidence would control the outcome of a proceeding absent the holding of the hearing, a ruling in the context of that hearing, and the issuance of a recommended decision.
A motion in limine (a pretrial request to the court to prevent an opposing parry from introducing inadmissible evidence) under federal rule of evidence 104 may be used to exclude an expert witness's report and/or testimony.
The court considered the admissibility of our reanalysis based on our report describing the study's hypotheses, design, materials, analytical methods, results, and conclusions; transcripts of depositions conducted by defense attorneys; the defendants' motions in limine (to suppress); plaintiffs' responses to defendants; reports on our study prepared by defendants' experts; my affidavits responding to questions from the judge; and testimony by the defense experts and me at an in limine hearing.
 
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