MIRANDA RIGHTS


Meaning of MIRANDA RIGHTS in English

Miˈranda ˌrights BrE AmE

in the US, the legal rights that a person being arrested (↑ arrest ) by the police must be told about. These include the right to remain silent 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 .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.