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Definition of CSI effect, the
CSI effect, the
noun - uncountable
- the effect whereby jurors in criminal trials believe scientist expert witnesses because the expert witnesses remind them of characters in television crime dramas like "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation".
Citation from "CSI Myths: The Shaky Science Behind Forensics", Popular Mechanics, Brad Reagan, August 2009 issue censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: the law (related to).
Last edited on May 13 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 27 2009.
- other effects on jury members attributed to television crime dramas like "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation".
Citation from "Q&A: How do real CSI technicians compare with their TV counterparts?", The Sacramento Bee, Kim Minugh, May 6, 2013 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: the law (related to).
Last edited on May 13 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 13 2013.
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| Definitions include: to retain legal counsel. | |
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| Definitions include: pejorative term for the formal language used in legal speech and legal documents. | |
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| Definitions include: the theory / idea that a single butterfly (for example: by flapping its wings) can change the entire course of history, from little changes in the world building on each other to become bigger changes. | |
| Definitions include: A state of guilty, post-coital tristesse, in which one is left staring at the ceiling and wishing that it would open up and a crane would come in and lift one to a reality where what has just happened is revealed as merely a bad dream. | |
| Definitions include: lighting underneath the body of a car, which shines on the ground. | |
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| Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
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| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
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| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
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| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
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