The judge decided that the confession was admissible in court.
using direct quotations without naming your source is not admissible
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banned, barred, forbidden, impermissible, inadmissible, interdicted, prohibited, proscribed, verboten;
intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable, unendurable;
acceptable, bearable, endurable, tolerable;
accredited, allowed, authorized, certified, endorsed (also indorsed), licensed, OK (or okay), permitted, sanctioned, warranted;
: able to be admitted or allowed; especially : able to be allowed or considered in a legal case
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