# Perry Mason moment

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A moment during legal or judicial proceedings when evidence or other information, usually unknown to most present, is introduced into the record in a manner seen as determinative of the outcome of the proceedings regardless of whatever else occurs.

## Etymology
From the fictional lawyer Perry Mason, based on novels by Erle Stanley Gardner.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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