Incriminate

Self-incrimination

Self-incrimination, confines to a person accused of an offence and does not include the cases of witnesses. What is protected is compulsory self-incrimination which may result in punishment for crime, People's Insurance Company v. Sardar Singh, AIR 1962 Punj 101.Means the act of indicating one's own involvement in a crime or exposing oneself to prosecution, especially by making a statement, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1364.Self-incrimination, no person accused of any offence can be compelled to be a witness against himself. [Constitution of India, Art. 20(3)]...

self-incrimination

self-incrimination : incrimination of and by oneself esp. through testimony see also privilege against self-incrimination at privilege ...

incriminate -nat·ed -nat·ing 1 : to charge with involvement in a crime [he was incriminated in the conspiracy] 2 : to suggest or show involvement of in a crime [among the evidence that incriminated him was a box of trigger devices] see also self-incrimination in·crim·i·na·tion [in-kri-mə-nā-shən] n in·crim·i·na·to·ry [in-kri-mə-nə-tōr-ē] adj ...

incriminating

charging or suggestive of guilt or blame as incriminating testimony incriminating evidence...

Incriminating circumstance

Incriminating circumstance, means a situation or fact showing either that a crime was committed or that a particular person committed it, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 771....

Incrimination

The act of incriminating crimination...

privilege against self-incrimination

privilege against self-incrimination see privilege ...

incriminating

incriminating : showing or suggesting involvement in a crime [ testimony] ...

privilege

privilege [Latin privilegium law affecting a specific person, special right, from privus private + leg- lex law] 1 : a right, license, or exemption from duty or liability granted as a special benefit, advantage, or favor: as a : an exemption from liability where an action is deemed to be justifiable (as in the case of self-defense) or because of the requirements of a position or office ;also : the affirmative defense that an action is privileged compare excuse absolute privilege : a privilege that exempts a person from liability esp. for defamation regardless of intent or motive ;specif : a privilege that exempts high public officials (as legislators) from liability for statements made while acting in their official capacity without regard to intent or malice qualified privilege : a privilege esp. in the law of defamation that may be defeated esp. by a showing of actual malice called also conditional privilege b : an exemption from a requirement to disclose information (as fo...

interrogate

interrogate -gat·ed -gat·ing : to question formally and systematically ;esp : to gather information from (a suspect) by means that are reasonably likely to elicit incriminating responses see also miranda rights NOTE: Under Rhode Island v. Innis, 446 U.S. 291 (1980), interrogating includes not just express questioning, but also any words or actions that the police should know are reasonably likely to elicit an incriminating response. Asking questions that are normally asked in the course of arrest or booking (such as questions about name or age) is not considered interrogation. in·ter·ro·ga·tion [in-ter-ə-gā-shən] n in·ter·ro·ga·tor [in-ter-ə-gā-tər] n ...

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