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\u00a0Jencks<\/em> rule<\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The rule that a defendant in a federal criminal prosecution has the right to examine government papers to be better able to cross-examine or impeach government witnesses.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Also see cross-examination<\/em>; impeachment<\/em>. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1<\/span><\/strong>]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/a> <\/b><\/span><\/em>by Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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