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Threats

Meaning and relationship to your legal situation.

What it means

Communicating a threat of harm to a person, with criminal relevance depending on its content, circumstances and statutory category. The full context of communications must be preserved.

Legal reference

Spanish Criminal Code · art. 169, art. 170, art. 171

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