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INNOCENT CAUSE [3 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2011-02-25
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Law of Evidence
- Practice and Procedural Law
- Special-Language Phraseology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- non-coerced-persuaded false confession
1, record 1, English, non%2Dcoerced%2Dpersuaded%20false%20confession
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A third kind of false confession is the non-coerced-persuaded confession. In this scenario, police tactics cause the innocent person to “become confused, doubt his memory, be temporarily persuaded of his guilt and confess to a crime he did not commit” 1, record 1, English, - non%2Dcoerced%2Dpersuaded%20false%20confession
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Droit de la preuve
- Droit judiciaire
- Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- fausse confession induite par persuasion sans coercition
1, record 1, French, fausse%20confession%20induite%20par%20persuasion%20sans%20coercition
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- fausse confession induite par persuasion non coercitive 2, record 1, French, fausse%20confession%20induite%20par%20persuasion%20non%20coercitive
correct, feminine noun
- fausse confession induite par persuasion sans contrainte 2, record 1, French, fausse%20%20confession%20induite%20par%20persuasion%20sans%20contrainte
correct, feminine noun
- fausse confession induite par persuasion non contraignante 2, record 1, French, fausse%20confession%20induite%20par%20persuasion%20non%20contraignante
correct, feminine noun
- confession fausse induite par persuasion sans coercition 2, record 1, French, confession%20fausse%20induite%20par%20persuasion%20sans%20coercition
feminine noun
- confession fausse induite par persuasion sans contrainte 2, record 1, French, confession%20fausse%20induite%20par%20persuasion%20sans%20contrainte
feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le troisième type de fausses confessions est la fausse confession induite par persuasion sans coercition. Dans ce scénario, les tactiques policières utilisées ont pour effet d’amener la personne innocente à [traduction] «devenir confuse, à douter de sa mémoire, à être temporairement persuadée de sa culpabilité et à confesser un crime qu’elle n’a pas commis»: 1, record 1, French, - fausse%20confession%20induite%20par%20persuasion%20sans%20coercition
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2008-10-14
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Tort Law (common law)
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- innocent cause
1, record 2, English, innocent%20cause
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Apportionment is... equally proper where a separate part of the damage is attributable to an innocent, rather than a culpable cause. Thus a motorist who faultlessly knocks down a pedestrian but thereafter fails to apply his brakes promptly, will be answerable only for those injuries due to his subsequent failure to stop on time. 1, record 2, English, - innocent%20cause
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
innocent cause : As opposed to "culpable cause". 2, record 2, English, - innocent%20cause
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Droit des délits (common law)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- cause innocente
1, record 2, French, cause%20innocente
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 1997-11-11
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Titles of Laws and Regulations
- Security
- Private International Law (Private Law)
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- Measures to Prevent International Terrorism Which Endangers or Takes Innocent Human Lives or Jeopardizes Fundamental Freedoms, and Study of the Underlying Causes of Those Forms of Terrorism and Acts of Violence Which Lie in Misery, Frustration, Grievance and Despair and Which Cause Some People to Sacrifice Human Lives, Including Their Own, In an Attempt to Effect Radical Changes 1, record 3, English, Measures%20to%20Prevent%20International%20Terrorism%20Which%20Endangers%20or%20Takes%20Innocent%20Human%20Lives%20or%20Jeopardizes%20Fundamental%20Freedoms%2C%20and%20Study%20of%20the%20Underlying%20Causes%20of%20Those%20Forms%20of%20Terrorism%20and%20Acts%20of%20Violence%20Which%20Lie%20in%20Misery%2C%20Frustration%2C%20Grievance%20and%20Despair%20and%20Which%20Cause%20Some%20People%20to%20Sacrifice%20Human%20Lives%2C%20Including%20Their%20Own%2C%20In%20an%20Attempt%20to%20Effect%20Radical%20Changes
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Titres de lois et de règlements
- Sécurité
- Droit international privé (Droit privé)
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- Mesures visant à prévenir le terrorisme international qui met en danger ou anéantit d'innocentes vies humaines, ou compromet les libertés fondamentales, et étude des causes sous-jacentes des formes de terrorisme et d'actes de violence qui ont leur origine dans la misère, les déceptions, les griefs et le désespoir et qui poussent certaines personnes à sacrifier des vies humaines, y compris la leur, pour tenter d'apporter des changements radicaux
1, record 3, French, Mesures%20visant%20%C3%A0%20pr%C3%A9venir%20le%20terrorisme%20international%20qui%20met%20en%20danger%20ou%20an%C3%A9antit%20d%27innocentes%20vies%20humaines%2C%20ou%20compromet%20les%20libert%C3%A9s%20fondamentales%2C%20et%20%C3%A9tude%20des%20causes%20sous%2Djacentes%20des%20formes%20de%20terrorisme%20et%20d%27actes%20de%20violence%20qui%20ont%20leur%20origine%20dans%20la%20mis%C3%A8re%2C%20les%20d%C3%A9ceptions%2C%20les%20griefs%20et%20le%20d%C3%A9sespoir%20et%20qui%20poussent%20certaines%20personnes%20%C3%A0%20sacrifier%20des%20vies%20humaines%2C%20y%20compris%20la%20leur%2C%20pour%20tenter%20d%27apporter%20des%20changements%20radicaux
feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Títulos de leyes y reglamentos
- Seguridad
- Derecho internacional privado (Derecho privado)
Record 3, Main entry term, Spanish
- Medidas para prevenir el terrorismo internacional que pone en peligro vidas humanas inocentes o causa su pérdida, o compromete las libertades fundamentales, y estudio de las causas subyacentes de las formas de terrorismo y los actos de violencia que tienen su origen en las aflicciones, la frustración, los agravios y la desesperanza y que conducen a algunas personas a sacrificar vidas humanas, incluida la propia, en un intento de lograr cambios radicales
1, record 3, Spanish, Medidas%20para%20prevenir%20el%20terrorismo%20internacional%20que%20pone%20en%20peligro%20vidas%20humanas%20inocentes%20o%20causa%20su%20p%C3%A9rdida%2C%20o%20compromete%20las%20libertades%20fundamentales%2C%20y%20estudio%20de%20las%20causas%20subyacentes%20de%20las%20formas%20de%20terrorismo%20y%20los%20actos%20de%20violencia%20que%20tienen%20su%20origen%20en%20las%20aflicciones%2C%20la%20frustraci%C3%B3n%2C%20los%20agravios%20y%20la%20desesperanza%20y%20que%20conducen%20a%20algunas%20personas%20a%20sacrificar%20vidas%20humanas%2C%20incluida%20la%20propia%2C%20en%20un%20intento%20de%20lograr%20cambios%20radicales
feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 3, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
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