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TURN QUEENS EVIDENCE [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

A prisoner who, instead of being put upon his trial, is permitted by the Crown to give evidence against those associated with him in crime, is said to turn Queen's evidence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Droit de la preuve
Key term(s)
  • s'offrir comme témoin à charge

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho procesal
  • Derecho probatorio
OBS

Aportando pruebas condenatorias a cambio de su propia exculpación o de una condena más favorable.

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