Foaie penala

English translation: US Am. \'rap sheet\'; UK \'collated\' list of arrests & convictions

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Romanian term or phrase:Foaie penala
English translation:US Am. \'rap sheet\'; UK \'collated\' list of arrests & convictions
Entered by: John Farebrother

17:56 Oct 27, 2020
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Law (general) / Police work
Romanian term or phrase: Foaie penala
Don't just say "criminal record" - tell me what distinguishes it from "cazier judiciar"!
John Farebrother
United Kingdom
US Am. 'rap sheet'; UK 'collated' list of arrests & convictions
Explanation:
cazier judiciar: could be clean and clear of any convictions at all.

My own hunch is that this a list of actual arrestable offences or 'cautions' meted out to a *collator* or *runner & rider* - the latter two being London Met etc. Police slang for an old lag who has clocked up a series of 'police-collatable' convictione or has merely been stopped numerous times to 'help police with their enquiries'.

The extracts obtainable at a police station sergeant's or custody desk is called 'a Police Record-Book' but is for specific incidents reported.

I'm unsure the UK or Oz etc. charge sheet for a Magistrates' Court works, as is also often a precursor to a criminal bill of indictment going up to the Crown Court.

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Note added at 2 heures (2020-10-27 20:42:31 GMT)
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PS 'runner & rider' refers to a suspect, like a jockey of a horse with 'form' > UK police slang again for a long, criminal 'track record'.
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Adrian MM.
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ROM / MOL: Foaie penala
US Am. 'rap sheet'; UK 'collated' list of arrests & convictions


Explanation:
cazier judiciar: could be clean and clear of any convictions at all.

My own hunch is that this a list of actual arrestable offences or 'cautions' meted out to a *collator* or *runner & rider* - the latter two being London Met etc. Police slang for an old lag who has clocked up a series of 'police-collatable' convictione or has merely been stopped numerous times to 'help police with their enquiries'.

The extracts obtainable at a police station sergeant's or custody desk is called 'a Police Record-Book' but is for specific incidents reported.

I'm unsure the UK or Oz etc. charge sheet for a Magistrates' Court works, as is also often a precursor to a criminal bill of indictment going up to the Crown Court.

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Note added at 2 heures (2020-10-27 20:42:31 GMT)
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PS 'runner & rider' refers to a suspect, like a jockey of a horse with 'form' > UK police slang again for a long, criminal 'track record'.


    www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rap sheet
    Reference: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/r...
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