(law) A canon of construction holding that, when a legal document includes a list, anything not in that list is assumed to be purposely excluded.

The quality of being exclusionist. / A policy or ideology that favors exclusion of some individuals or groups from a nation, sect, etc.

Acting to exclude something

Of or pertaining to an exclusionist, or to exclusionism

A person who advocates the exclusion of someone or something

plural of exclusionist

plural of exclusionary rule

(US, law) A doctrine which requires that evidence obtained as the result of an illegal act on the part of law enforcement personnel (such as a warrantless search, or continued questioning a witness who has invoked the right of counsel) must therefore be excluded from being admitted as evidence in a trial. This rule does not apply in civil proceedings, although statutes sometime specifically provide for exclusion of such evidence.

In an exclusionary manner; so as to exclude.

(chemistry) A form of chromatography in which the stationary phase has pores that allow separation of molecules having different sizes and shapes