voluntary confession
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confession — con·fes·sion n 1: an act of confessing 2: an acknowledgment of a fact or allegation as true or proven; esp: a written or oral statement by an accused party acknowledging the party s guilt (as by admitting commission of a crime) compare admission; … Law dictionary
voluntary — vol·un·tary / vä lən ˌter ē/ adj 1 a: proceeding from one s own free choice or consent rather than as the result of duress, coercion, or deception a voluntary statement b: not compelled by law: done as a matter of choice or agreement voluntary… … Law dictionary
voluntary — voluntary, intentional, deliberate, willful, willing can mean constituting or proceeding from an exercise of free will. Voluntary, the most widely applicable of these terms, often implies not only freedom from constraint but freedom from the… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
confession — A voluntary statement made by a person charged with the commission of a crime or misdemeanor, communicated to another person, wherein he acknowledges himself to be guilty of the offense charged, and discloses the circumstances of the act or the… … Black's law dictionary
confession — A voluntary statement made by a person charged with the commission of a crime or misdemeanor, communicated to another person, wherein he acknowledges himself to be guilty of the offense charged, and discloses the circumstances of the act or the… … Black's law dictionary
confession — n. 1) to make a confession 2) to extort, force a confession from; to beat a confession out of (the police beat a confession out of him) 3) to repudiate, retract, take back, withdraw a confession 4) a deathbed; forced; full; public; voluntary… … Combinatory dictionary
voluntary — Unconstrained by interference; unimpelled by another s influence; spontaneous; acting of oneself. Coker v. State, 199 Ga. 20, 33 S.E.2d 171, 174. Done by design or intention. Proceeding from the free and unrestrained will of the person. Produced… … Black's law dictionary
voluntary — voluntarily /vol euhn tair euh lee, vol euhn ter /, adv. voluntariness, n. /vol euhn ter ee/, adj., n., pl. voluntaries. adj. 1. done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one s own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution. 2. of,… … Universalium
voluntary — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French voluntarie, from Latin voluntarius, from voluntas will, from velle to will, wish more at will Date: 14th century 1. proceeding from the will or from one s own choice or consent 2.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
voluntary — done under duress or compulsion Such as attendance at a church parade in the army or an admission of guilt obtained under duress: ... denied that any coercive measures had been used in obtaining the voluntary confession . (Lavine, 1930) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
