bevissikring
English translation: secure the evidence
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| 11:25 May 8, 2009 |
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|  Selected response from: Bjørnar Magnussen Local time: 22:40 | ||||||
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| 4 | secure the evidence |
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| 3 +1 | preservation of (preserving) evidence |
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| foretage bevissikring secure the evidence Explanation: "Bevissikring" is "securing the evidence", but it is more idiomatic to translate "foretage bevissikring" as "secure the evidence". information, ask them to secure the evidence, and advise them that a search warrant will be applied for and they will be contacted later. ... www.bccla.org/othercontent/09seizing_equipment_bulletin.pdf |
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5 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| (foretage) bevissikring preservation of (preserving) evidence Explanation: I agree Bjørnar's answer neatly encapsulates the foretage verb, but preserving of evidence is really bog-standard in police/civil or criminal evidence-speak throughout the English-speaking world. Reference: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept?cp=6586&langcode=n... |
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