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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

• Confession inscriptions of Lydia and Phrygia — are Roman era Koine Greek religious steles from these historical regions of Anatolia (then part of Asia and Galatia provinces), dating mostly to the 2nd and 3rd centuries. They have provoked less discussion than one would expect. The new element… …   Wikipedia

• confession relicta verificatione — Confession of judgment after pleading and before trial, the defendant confessing the plaintiff s cause of action and withdrawing or abandoning his defense or other procedures taken by him. 30A Am J Rev ed Judgm § 156 …   Ballentine'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 — 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 — Along with admissions of fact from which any criminal responsibility may be inferred, confessions are not admissible as evidence in criminal or quasi criminal proceedings, for no man may call himself a wrongdoer (Sanh. 9b). This rule against self …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Trial of Joan of Arc — The Trial of Joan of Arc, which took place before an English backed church court in Rouen, France in the first half of the year 1431 was, by general consensus, one of the most significant and moving trials ever conducted in human history. It… …   Wikipedia

• Trial and conviction of Alfred Dreyfus — The trial and conviction of Alfred Dreyfus was the event that instigated the Dreyfus Affair, a political scandal which divided France during the 1890s and early 1900s. It involved the wrongful conviction of Dreyfus, a Jewish military officer, for …   Wikipedia

• confession — noun 1 admitting guilt ADJECTIVE ▪ full ▪ public ▪ true ▪ It s difficult to believe it s a true confession after all her lies. ▪ false …   Collocations dictionary

• Confession (law) — Evidence Part of the …   Wikipedia

• Confession (legal) — In the law of criminal evidence, a confession means a statement by a suspect in crime which is adverse to that person.HistoryThis specific form of testimony, involving oneself, is used as a form of proof in judicial matters, this since at least… …   Wikipedia