Admission | Confession |
If a statement is made by a party in civil proceeding it will be called as admission. | If a statement made by a party charged with crime, in criminal proceeding, it is called as a confession. |
The expression ‘Admission’ means “voluntary acknowledgement of the existence or truth of a particular fact. | The expression ‘Confession’ means “a statement made by an accused admitting his guilt. If a person accused of an offense makes a statement against himself, it is called confession. |
An admission is genus. | Confession is specie. Hence all confessions are admissions but all admissions are not confessions. |
An admission is not conclusive proof of the matters admitted and is always rebuttable. | A confession, if voluntarily and free, may in the discretion of the judge or magistrate, by itself be accepted as conclusive proof of matters confessed. Confession alone is sufficient to warrant a conviction. |
An admission may go against the party making it. It may be proved by or behalf of the person making it. | Confession always goes against the person making it. |
An admission may be made by an agent in course of business. | An agent can never make the confession of an offense against a co-defendant. |
Admission by one of the several defendants in suit is not evidence against other defendants. | Confession made by co accused in a joint trial can be taken into consideration against the co-accused. |
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