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Evidence taken in advance of trial

Meaning and relationship to your legal situation.

What it means

Evidence taken during the investigation in statutory cases with defence and adversarial safeguards and audiovisual recording. Its admission at trial is regulated. It preserves evidence and can avoid repeated testimony by specially protected persons.

Legal reference

Spanish Criminal Procedure Act · art. 449 bis, art. 449 ter, art. 730

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