(legal, India, and, historically in the British Isles) Someone giving full disclosure about a crime in return for pardon.
(legal, India, and, historically in the British Isles) Someone giving full disclosure about a crime in return for pardon.
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(UK, legal, obsolete) A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation or implication against the accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.
(legal, UK, obsolete) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it and accused his accomplices in order to obtain pardon.
An examiner; an approver.
(Ireland) One who informs the authorities of the presence of rebels.
(UK, _, law) A person implicated in a criminal case who turn against their accomplices by serving as a witness for the state and who may enter into a witness protection program afterwards.