Strike from the record
Okay kiddo, have you ever played a game where you had to follow certain rules? Like if you are playing soccer, you can't use your hands to touch the ball, right? Well, just like games have rules, courtrooms also have rules that everyone has to follow.
One of these rules is called "objection". That's when a lawyer doesn't think that something the other side is saying or doing is fair or right, and they want the judge to make a decision about it.
Now, imagine that the judge agrees with the lawyer's objection and decides that what the other side said or did isn't allowed to be used as evidence in the case. That's when we use the phrase "strike from the record". It means that whatever was said or done is not going to be considered by the judge or jury when they're deciding the case.
It's kind of like if you were playing a game of tag and someone cheated by not counting correctly. You might say "strike that move from the game" to make it fair again. In a courtroom, they use the phrase "strike from the record" to make sure that both sides are playing by the rules and the trial is fair.
One of these rules is called "objection". That's when a lawyer doesn't think that something the other side is saying or doing is fair or right, and they want the judge to make a decision about it.
Now, imagine that the judge agrees with the lawyer's objection and decides that what the other side said or did isn't allowed to be used as evidence in the case. That's when we use the phrase "strike from the record". It means that whatever was said or done is not going to be considered by the judge or jury when they're deciding the case.
It's kind of like if you were playing a game of tag and someone cheated by not counting correctly. You might say "strike that move from the game" to make it fair again. In a courtroom, they use the phrase "strike from the record" to make sure that both sides are playing by the rules and the trial is fair.