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DACTYLOSCOPIC [6 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dactyloscopy
DEF

The print or impression produced by the friction ridges of the inner surface of the fingertip.

Key term(s)
  • finger print

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dactyloscopie
DEF

Trace laissée par le doigt, dont le dessin est dû aux crêtes papillaires des pulpes des doigts et qui est propre à chaque individu, permettant une identification précise.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dactiloscopia
DEF

[Impresión] que las yemas de los dedos deja al tocar la superficie lisa o pulimentada de un objeto, compuesta de determinadas crestas [o] surcos papilares, la cual no sólo se aplica para la investigaciones criminales, sino como medio de afianzar la identidad de una persona.

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Record 2 2016-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dactyloscopy
DEF

A notable event that occurs in a regular flow of papillary ridges that is subject of analysis ... (e.g. a ridge stops or starts).

OBS

minutia: The plural form is "minutiae."

Key term(s)
  • minutiae

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dactyloscopie
DEF

Point qui se situe sur le changement de continuité des lignes papillaires.

OBS

[...] 12 minuties en commun sont nécessaires pour dire que deux empreintes sont identiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dactiloscopia
CONT

[...] las minucias [...] son bifurcaciones y finales abruptos de las crestas cuyas posiciones relativas identifican unívocamente la huella [digital] junto con la posición del centro y de unas estructuras denominadas deltas.

CONT

Los puntos característicos son definidos como […] las caprichosas disposiciones que adquieren las crestas papilares en sus evoluciones y que, en las líneas dactilares, palmares y plantares conforman particularidades o detalles morfológicos durante su recorrido, adoptando diseños o dibujos de extensión y dirección variadas, pero definibles […]

OBS

Se observan en las huellas dactilares, en la palma de la mano y la planta del pie.

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Record 3 2013-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Dactyloscopy
CONT

What are latent fingerprints? The formation of latent marks (that are ultimately enhanced and presented as "fingerprint evidence") ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Dactyloscopie
CONT

[...] la preuve dactyloscopique [dont] les règles d’identification [sont] : l’absence de discordance, [...] plus de 12 points concordants, l’empreinte est nette; la certitude d’identité est indiscutable pour tous [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dactyloscopy
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

Dactyloscopic evidence can be combined with other (forensic or not) and fitted into the particular context of each case.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dactyloscopie
  • Droit de la preuve
CONT

L'identification des empreintes et des traces papillaires [comprend] la preuve dactyloscopique, le dossier technique de démonstration d'identité.

Spanish

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Record 5 2013-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dactyloscopy
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

Numerous methods have been described for making dactyloscopic traces visible on human skin ... The best findings were obtained when the trace had been applied several hours post mortem ... Dactyloscopic tracing on the skin of bodies in homicide cases should be taken into consideration especially if there is evidence that the perpetrator touched the victim after his/her death (e.g. if the body was transported).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dactyloscopie
  • Droit de la preuve
CONT

[...] procéder à l'examen externe du cadavre [...] séquestrer les indices (habits, effets personnels, bijoux, traces de poudre, salissures sous les ongles, traces dactyloscopiques, sang, urine, excréments) [...]

Key term(s)
  • trace d'empreintes digitales

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dactyloscopy
DEF

Of or relating to dactyloscopy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dactyloscopie
DEF

De la dactyloscopie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dactiloscopia
DEF

Relativo a la dactiloscopia.

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