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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资深译员Gary，毕业于一所培养高级翻译以及跨文化事务专家的精英大学，专注翻译各种与公共政策与战略有关的法律文件。