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Ausforschung

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German

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Etymology

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ausforschen +‎ -ung

Noun

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Ausforschung f (genitive Ausforschung, plural Ausforschungen)

  1. investigation, procurement of evidence
    Synonyms: Erforschung, Ermittlung, Ausmittlung
    1. (Austria, officialese) police investigation
    2. (procedural law) machinations to obtain means of evidence, a way of pulling out evidence that is improper
      • 2009 September 14, LG Hamburg, Beschluss[1], number 628 Qs 26/09, marginal 29:
        Der vorliegende Verdacht ist aus der Perspektive ex ante zu bewerten, eine Durchsuchung zum Zwecke der Ausforschung ist unzulässig.
        The present suspicion is to be considered ex ante, a search for the purpose of only then corroborating the suspicions is impermissible.

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