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required records doctrine

records doctrine : a doctrine holding that the privilege against self-incrimination does not apply to business records that are customarily kept

right to remain silent

right to remain silent see privilege against self-incrimination. Source: Federal Judicial Center

stand

effectively silent: as a : to exercise the privilege against self-incrimination (as in a trial) b : to raise no objections

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star chamber

and that was marked by secrecy, the absence of juries, self-incrimination, and an inquisitorial as opposed to accusatorial system of justice

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