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Ground excluding criminal liability
Meaning and relationship to your legal situation.
What it means
A statutory circumstance capable of excluding criminal liability when all its requirements are met. An allegation of illness, fear or conflict does not automatically establish the defence.
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Spanish Criminal Code · art. 20
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