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Preliminary hearing
Meaning and relationship to your legal situation.
What it means
A hearing before the trial court in the abbreviated procedure dealing with matters such as agreement to the prosecution case, jurisdiction, fundamental rights and proposed evidence. The applicable wording and transitional rules must be checked.
Legal reference
Spanish Criminal Procedure Act · art. 785
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