expectation of privacy

| ex·pec·ta·tion of privacy

1. : a belief in the existence of freedom from unwanted especially governmental intrusion in some thing or place — compare zone of privacy

   Note: In order to successfully challenge a search or seizure as a violation of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a plaintiff must show that he or she had manifested a subjective expectation of privacy in the area of the search or the object seized and that the expectation is one that society is willing to recognize as reasonable or legitimate.