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 […]