ad levandam conscientiam

ad levandam conscientiam (ad l[schwa]-van-d[schwa]m kon-shee-en-shee-[ schwa]m). [Law Latin] Scots law. For the purpose of easing the conscience. • The phrase typically described certain confessions that a criminal suspect voluntarily made when apprehended and that could be used as evidence in the criminal trial. But an arrested suspect’s responses to questions posed by the arresting officer were usu. not admissible because only a magistrate could ask such questions.

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法律翻译晓琳，国际知名商学院金融专业，专注翻译各类与金融服务与投资管理有关的法律文件。