Definition of "good-faith" [good-faith]

• Attributive form of good faith. (noun)

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• "For the first time in history, the Court concluded that the exclusionary rule does not apply if the Fourth Amendment is violated by good-faith or even negligent police actions."
• "The issue was whether the exclusionary rule applies when police commit an illegal search based on good-faith reliance on erroneous information from another jurisdiction."
• "Throughout the legislative battle over the health care law, anti-choice legislators manipulated by the U.S. Conference on Catholic Bishops and extreme political organizations used abortion as a bargaining chip, purposely creating a furor and almost destroying good-faith reform efforts."