Laws of Edward the Confessor
Laws of Edward the Confessor 〈英〉《忏悔者爱德华法律汇编》 用拉丁文纂写的一部法律汇编，据说是在1070年由聪慧而熟练的官员根据法学家的口述而整理制订的；一说是在1130-1135年间整理汇编的，但已无从考证。该书曾被普遍适用且被认为是权威性的，但现在已被认为完全不可信。
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threshold confession
A spontaneous confession made promptly after arrest and without interrogation by the police. • The issue whether the defendant’s statement is a threshold confession usu. arises when the defendant challenges the admissibility of the confession on grounds that he or she suffered an impermissibly long delay before being brought before a magistrate. Courts generally admit
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naked confession
A confession unsupported by any evidence that a crime has been committed, and therefore usu. highly suspect. [Cases: Criminal Law 535. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 942.]
westminster confession of faith
Westminster Confession of Faith (west-min-st[schwa]r). Hist. A document containing a statement of the religious doctrines of the Presbyterian Church, originating at a conference of British and continental Protestant divines at Westminster in 1643. • It was adopted by the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland and the Scottish Parliament, so becoming the basis of
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pro confesso
pro confesso (proh k[schwa]n-fes-oh). [Latin] Roman law. As having confessed or admitted liability, as by failing to appear when required. • A defendant who failed to answer a bill in equity was often treated pro confesso.
confessio in judicio
confessio in judicio (k[schwa]n-fesh-ee-oh in joo-dish-ee-oh). [Latin “confession in court”] Hist. An in-court confession.
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quasi-judicial confession
quasi-judicial confession 准司法供认 指在治安法官主持的预审中，或在回答验尸官的询问时，或是对大陪审团所作的认罪陈述。
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leges edwardi confessoris
leges Edwardi Confessoris (lee-jeez ed-wahr-dI kon-f[schwa]-sor-is), n. [Latin “Laws of Edward the Confessor”] Hist. A legal treatise written between 1130 and 1135, of dubious authority, compiling English law as it stood at the end of the reign of Henry I. “[W]e have a book [leges Edwardi Confessoris] written in Latin which expressly purports to give
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