General acceptance (Frye standard)
Definition
The admissibility rule from Frye v. United States (DC Cir. 1923) requiring a technique to be generally accepted in the relevant scientific community before its results can be admitted. Replaced in federal courts by Daubert in 1993; still used in some US states.
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