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Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
532, 18 Sun. Ct. 183, 42 L. Ed. 568. voluntary confession is one made spontaneously by a person accused of crime, free from the influence of any extraneous disturbing cause, and in particular, not influenced, or extorted by violence, threats, or proines: State v. Clifford, . W. 299, 41 Am. St. ep Roesel v. State, 62 N. J. Law, 216.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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