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Chain of custody (CoC), in legal contexts, is the chronological documentation or paper trail that records the sequence of custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of materials, including physical or electronic evidence. Of particular importance in criminal cases, the concept is also applied in civil litigation and more broadly in drug testing of athletes and in supply chain management, e.g. to improve the traceability of food products, or to provide assurances that wood products originate from sustainably managed forests. It is often a tedious process that has been required for evidence to be shown legally in court. Now, however, with new portable technology that allows accurate laboratory quality results from the scene of the crime, the chain of custody is often much shorter which means evidence can be processed for court much faster.
The term is also sometimes used in the fields of history, art history, and archives as a synonym for provenance (meaning the chronology of the ownership, custody or location of a historical object, document or group of documents), which may be an important factor in determining authenticity.
promoted, managed, and developed through six program areas: forests, chainofcustody, social policy, monitoring and evaluation, quality assurance, and ecosystem...
certification would not be effective. Instead ISO members voted for a chainofcustodyof wood and wood-based products with ISO 38200 published in 2018. Without...
intact. These documents include a list of who has been in contact with evidence (chainofcustody), as well as a log of what evidence has been collected. A...
entry to a "chainofcustody" document, a form that contains the item's description, the time and date of release for all prior custodians of the item,...
ecosystem services Continuously improve other key areas of the business[citation needed] The ChainofCustody Standard enables brands to trace sugarcane from...
UTZ certified producer, the UTZ program contains chainofcustody requirements. This is a set ofchain-wide administrative, logistical and technical requirements...
corresponding with the sample are also often recorded. The LIMS then tracks chainofcustody as well as sample location. Location tracking usually involves assigning...
helping establish the moral and legal validity of a chainofcustody, given the increasing amount of looted art. These issues first became a major concern...
towers. NIST responded that there was no "clear chainofcustody" to prove that the four samples of dust came from the WTC site. Jones invited NIST to...
the country, additional services may also be available, such as: a chainofcustody, where the posted item has its details recorded in a register to enable...
to show that it is authentic, and must be able to demonstrate the chainofcustody from the original author to the present holder. The trial judge performs...
This includes compliance with the appropriate rules of evidence, such as maintaining a chainofcustody record, and verification processes such as hashing...
Although her rapist is arrested, he is subsequently released because the chainofcustody is lost by the police. This infuriates Melfi, in shock that he was...
discovery of new evidence, which then may be used. For this reason, many defendants are reluctant to engage in a proffer agreement. Examples of proffer...
evidence in its possession, custody, or control, the prosecution's duty is to disclose all information known to any member of its team, e.g., police, investigators...
legal position of the party who called the witness. This concept is used in the legal proceedings in the United States, and analogues of it exist in other...
examination from outside experts, the creation of an authenticatable paper record of votes cast and a chainofcustody for records. And, there is a risk that...
in support of an argument (for example, as used in U.S. law), or elements of an affirmative defense or offense. A party with the burden of proof must...
packets or other postal documents considered valuable and in need of a chainofcustody Registered trademark symbol, symbol ® that provides notice that...
have confirmed. The use of leading questions in court[where?] to elicit testimony is restricted in order to reduce the ability of the examiner to direct...
Legal instrument is a legal term of art that is used for any formally executed written document that can be formally attributed to its author, records...
Judicial notice is a rule in the law of evidence that allows a fact to be introduced into evidence if the truth of that fact is so notorious or well-known...
Spanish company Pescaviar. Avruga has Marine Stewardship Council "ChainofCustody" certification. Pescaviar product page for Avruga MacAlister Elliott...
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