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Security required in criminal proceedings

Meaning and relationship to your legal situation.

What it means

Security required for purposes such as securing financial liabilities or making provisional release conditional. Its purpose and supporting order must be identified; providing it is not itself an admission of guilt.

Legal reference

Spanish Criminal Procedure Act · art. 529, art. 589

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