Search Result for "plea bargaining":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge;
- Example: "his admission was part of a plea bargain with the prosecutor"
- Example: "plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming congested"
[syn: plea bargain, plea bargaining]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

plea bargaining
    n 1: (criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees
         to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the
         prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge; "his
         admission was part of a plea bargain with the prosecutor";
         "plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming
         congested" [syn: plea bargain, plea bargaining]