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Criminal defence and fast-track proceedings
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Pre-trial detention
Meaning and relationship to your legal situation.
What it means
Judicially ordered provisional deprivation of liberty subject to specific requirements, purposes and limits. It is exceptional and is not a penalty imposed after conviction.
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