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FACTEUR DISCULPATOIRE [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

In the law of evidence, a consideration, supposition, or hypothesis of which the criminative facts of a case admit, and which tend to weaken the inference or presumption of guilt deducible from them. (Black's, p. 700)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

facteur infirmatif : cet équivalent vise le cas où l'extension de sens serait plus large que celle indiquée par la définition ci-dessus (absence de référence à une faute). Nous doutons qu'il existe un usage en ce sens pour ce terme.

OBS

facteur disculpatoire; facteur infirmatif : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

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