voluntary statement
Unprompted spoken admission
A voluntary statement is a declaration made freely, without coercion or compulsion.
In legal contexts, it typically refers to information given to police or authorities without being prompted by interrogation or required by law: The suspect made a voluntary statement before his lawyer arrived.
The voluntariness of such statements often becomes crucial in determining their admissibility as evidence.
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- witness standPlace for giving testimony
- affidavitSworn written statement
- under oathFormally pledged to honesty
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