Self Incrimination - Law Dictionary Search Results
required records doctrine
required records doctrine : a doctrine holding that the privilege against self-incrimination does not apply to business records that are customarily kept in accordance with government regulation and that have
right to remain silent
right to remain silent see privilege against self-incrimination. Source: Federal Judicial Center
stand
or obligations of stand mute : to be effectively silent: as a : to exercise the privilege against self-incrimination (as in a trial) b : to raise no objections [the prosecution agreed to stand mute at the
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star chamber
procedure suited to the prerogatives of the king and that was marked by secrecy, the absence of juries, self-incrimination, and an inquisitorial as opposed to accusatorial system of justice 2 : a tribunal or proceeding resembling the
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