plea-bargain
See also: plea bargain
English
Alternative forms
- plea bargain, pleabargain
Noun
plea-bargain (plural plea-bargains)
- (US, law) An agreement between a defendant and the prosecution in which the defendant agrees to a plea such as guilty or nolo contendere to a lesser charge rather than contesting a greater charge.
Verb
plea-bargain (third-person singular simple present plea-bargains, present participle plea-bargaining, simple past and past participle plea-bargained)
See also
plea-bargain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative
Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.