representative capacity records
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Definitions from Case Law
From 340 U.S. 367 - Rogers v. United States · 1951Most cited · 2,175 citing opinions
Books and records kept 'in a representative rather than in a personal capacity cannot be the subject of the personal privilege against self-incrimination, even though production of the papers might tend to incriminate (their keeper) personally.