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Protection order

Meaning and relationship to your legal situation.

What it means

A decision capable of imposing criminal and civil protective measures in statutory cases. It requires indications of an offence and an objective risk assessment; it is not itself a conviction.

Legal reference

Spanish Criminal Procedure Act · art. 544ter

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