ALL meanings of plea bargaining
plea bar·gain
P p - noun plea bargaining pleading guilty to a lesser charge 1
- noun plea bargaining an agreement between the prosecution and defence, sometimes including the judge, in which the accused agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge in return for more serious charges being dropped 0
- noun plea bargaining pretrial negotiations in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge in exchange for having more serious charges dropped 0
- noun plea bargaining The process of negotiating a verdict and sentence without a complete trial. 0
- verb plea bargaining Alternative spelling of plea-bargaining. 0