totality of the circumstances
A method of analysis where decisions are based on all available information rather…A method of analysis where decisions are based on all available information rather than bright-line rules.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A method of analysis where decisions are based on all available information rather than bright-line rules.
The voluntariness of a confession is based on a totality of the circumstances test.
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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