miranda rights

English - Turkish

Definition of miranda rights in English Turkish dictionary

tutuklama esnasında tutukluya bildirilmesi gereken anayasal haklar

English - English

Definition of miranda rights in English English dictionary

(US law) plural form of Miranda right: constitutional rights outlined in the Miranda warning

rights that a citizen must be informed of at the time of arrest (right to remain silent, right to a lawyer, right to a public defender if one cannot afford a private lawyer); statement recited to persons taken into police custody

in the US, the legal rights that a person being arrested by the police must be told about. These include the "right to remain silent" (to not say anything) and the right to get advice from a lawyer. These rights were established by the Miranda decision of the US Supreme Court in 1966, in the case of Miranda v. Arizona

Related Terms

Miranda right

A constitutional right outlined in the Miranda warning

Hyphenation

Mi·ran·da rights

Turkish pronunciation

mırändı rayts

Pronunciation

/mərˈandə ˈrīts/ /mɜrˈændə ˈraɪts/