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1 plea agreement
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3 plea
аргумент; заклик; прохання, скарга; твердження ( у суді), заява ( сторони у суді); виправдання; визнання ( вини тощо); відповідь відповідача (підсудного) ( суду); заява, зроблена відповідачем (захистом); заява, зроблена від імені відповідача (захисту); заявлення суду підстав захисту ( проти позову тощо); передача справи до суду; позов, позов по суду; судова справа; судовий процес- plea agreement acceptanceplea to further maintenance of action — клопотання відповідача про припинення справи з огляду на обставини, що знову відкрилися (стали відомими)
- plea bargain
- plea-bargained-away charge
- plea-bargained charge
- plea bargaining
- plea-bargaining decision
- plea for a review of case
- plea for leniency
- plea for mercy
- plea in abatement
- plea in bar
- plea in discharge
- plea in mitigation
- plea in reconvention
- plea in suspension
- plea is guilty
- plea is not guilty
- plea of alibi
- plea of another action pending
- plea of bar to trial
- plea of discharge
- plea of double jeopardy
- plea of former jeopardy
- plea of general issue
- plea of guilt
- plea of guilty
- plea of guilty but insane
- plea of guilty case
- plea of guilty without trial
- plea of implied powers
- plea of insanity
- plea of justification
- plea of lis alibi pendence
- plea of mercy
- plea of necessity
- plea of never indebted
- plea of nolo contendere
- plea of non-guilty
- plea of not guilty
- plea of payment
- plea of privilege
- plea of res judicata
- plea of self-defence
- plea of self-defense
- plea of superior order
- plea of superior orders
- plea of tender
- plea of the Crown
- plea regarding the facts
- plea rolls
- plea side
- plea to delay action
- plea to the jurisdiction
- plea to the merits
- pleas in bar -
4 enter
проникати; в'їжджати; входити (в т. ч. у тіло; про кулю); вступати ( в угоду), укладати ( угоду тощо); долучати ( до матеріалів судочинства); долучати до справи ( про документи); захоплювати нерухомість із наміром вступити у володіння нею; записувати; заносити до документа (протоколу, списку); реєструвати (в т. ч. авторське право, патент тощо); подавати ( документи тощо); починати ( процес); приєднуватися (до угоди, союзу тощо)enter a judgement in favour of smb. — = enter a judgment in favour of smb., enter a judgment in favor of smb., enter a judgement in favor of smb. виносити рішення на користь когось
enter a judgment in favour of smb. — = enter a judgement in favour of smb.
enter a judgment in favor of smb. — = enter a judgement in favour of smb.
enter a judgement in favor of smb. — = enter a judgement in favour of smb.
enter on the execution of office — = enter on the execution of one's office приступати до виконання ( своїх) обов'язків
- enter a caveatenter on the execution of one's office — = enter on the execution of office
- enter a conspiracy
- enter a country
- enter a guilty plea
- enter a judgement
- enter a judgment
- enter a motion
- enter a negotiated settlement
- enter a question
- enter a protest
- enter a request
- enter a solicitation
- enter a witness box
- enter a writ
- enter an action
- enter an affidavit
- enter an appeal
- enter an appearance
- enter an event
- enter an order
- enter as a dependent
- enter as a refugee
- enter as an immigrant
- enter at Stationer's Hall
- enter illegally
- enter in a list
- enter in the docket
- enter in the minutes
- enter in the records
- enter in the register
- enter in the voters list
- enter in the voters roll
- enter into a bloc
- enter into a bond
- enter into a compact
- enter into a contract
- enter into a dangerous course
- enter into a discussion
- enter into a duty
- enter into a liability
- enter into a marriage
- enter into a new undertaking
- enter into a pact
- enter into a social contract
- enter into a treaty
- enter into an agreement
- enter into an alliance
- enter into an engagement
- enter into an investigation
- enter into commitment
- enter into force
- enter into legal relations
- enter into negotiations
- enter into operation
- enter into possession
- enter into recognizances
- enter into relations
- enter into the marriage freely
- enter judgement
- enter judgment
- enter legally
- enter name
- enter smb.'s name
- enter on the income-tax return
- enter on the journal
- enter on the records
- enter on the reference
- enter one's own recognizance
- enter opposition
- enter plea
- enter protest
- enter satisfaction
- enter the army
- enter the federal court system
- enter the House
- enter the judiciary
- enter the law
- enter the matrimonial state
- enter the war
- enter upon
- enter upon one's duties
- enter upon the record
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5 general
1) генерал2) загальний, загальнокримінальний; універсальний; головний, генеральний•- general administration
- general administrator
- general agency
- general agent
- general agreement
- general amnesty
- general and direct election
- general and direct elections
- general appearance
- general appointment
- general armistice
- general assembly
- General Assembly
- general assignment
- general assumpsit
- general authorities
- general authority
- general average
- general average contribution
- general average statement
- general average act
- general bequest
- general cargo
- general challenge
- general charge to the jury
- general clause
- general conditions
- general consumption tax
- General Council of the Bar
- general count
- general court-martial
- general credit of witness
- general creditor
- general crime
- general criminal amnesty
- general criminal intent
- general custom
- general customs rules
- general damage
- general damages
- general debate
- general debt
- general demurrer
- general denial
- general deposit
- general deputy
- general deputy sheriff
- general deterrence
- general devise
- general director
- general disability
- general discussion
- general dissolution
- general duty
- general election
- general elections
- general emparlance
- general endorsement
- general ethical principle
- general exception
- general execution
- general finding
- general government
- general guardian
- general ice clause
- general immoral character
- general imparlance
- general instruction
- general insurance
- general insurance conditions
- general intent
- general invalidity
- general issue
- general issue at trial
- general issue plea
- general judicial power
- general jurisdiction
- general laborer
- general labourer
- general law
- general legacy
- general legal capacity
- general legislation
- general level of taxation
- general liability
- general liability insurance
- general licence
- general lien
- general malice
- general meeting
- general moral character
- general mortgage bond
- general orders
- general ordnance
- general pardon
- general participation clause
- general partner
- general partnership
- general policy
- general policy conditions
- general power
- general power of attorney
- general practice attorney
- general prevention
- general principle
- general principles of law
- General Procurator's Office
- general property
- general provision
- general proxy
- general public
- general publication
- general recommendations
- general recorder
- general regime
- general release
- general relief
- general rent
- general representation
- general retainer
- general right
- general rule
- general secretariat
- general secretary
- general security
- general statute
- general strike
- general strike clause
- general submission
- general supervision
- general tariff
- general term
- general terms
- general theory of law
- general traverse
- general treaty
- general validity
- general verdict
- general waiver
- general warrant
- general words
- general worker -
6 defence
оборона; охорона; заборона (в т. ч. рибної ловлі); захист ( в суді); захисник (обвинуваченого); аргументація відповідача; заперечення по позову; письмове заперечення відповідача проти позову; обставина, що звільняє від відповідальності; узгоджене визнання вини- defence attorneydefence against responsibility for a crime — захист, що має на меті спростувати відповідальність за злочин
- defence capability
- defence capacity
- defence certificate
- defence contractor
- defence cooperation agreement
- defence counsel
- defence counsellor
- defence fund
- defence intelligence agency
- defence lawyer
- defence minister
- defence of alibi
- defence of appeal
- defence of crime
- defence of duress
- defence of entrapment
- defence of extreme necessity
- defence of fraud
- defence of inadmissibility
- defence of insanity
- defence of irrelevance
- defence of irresponsibility
- defence of laches
- defence of minority
- defence of mistake
- defence of nonpayment
- defence of pregnancy
- defence of privilege
- defence of property
- defence of provocation
- defence of self
- defence of self-defence
- defence of self-defense
- defence of sovereignty
- defence of superior order
- defence opinion
- defence plea
- defence potential
- defence story
- defence table
- defence theory
- defence to counterclaim
- defence witness -
7 fictitious
неправдивий, підроблений, фіктивний; удаваний; хибний- fictitious agreement
- fictitious assignment
- fictitious bankruptcy
- fictitious blockade
- fictitious buyer
- fictitious cause of action
- fictitious claim
- fictitious company
- fictitious contract
- fictitious declaration
- fictitious dividend
- fictitious exchange
- fictitious identity
- fictitious import account
- fictitious letter of advice
- fictitious marriage
- fictitious name
- fictitious obligation
- fictitious payment
- fictitious person
- fictitious plea
- fictitious possession
- fictitious presumption
- fictitious profit
- fictitious proof
- fictitious purchase
- fictitious remuneration
- fictitious sale
- fictitious signature
- fictitious trademark
- fictitious transaction
- fictitious trial
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8 foreign
іноземний, чужоземний, закордонний; зовнішній; який не стосується справи- foreign administrationForeign and Commonwealth Office — Міністерство закордонних справ і у справах Співдружності ( Великобританії)
- foreign administrator
- foreign adoption
- foreign affairs
- foreign agent
- foreign agreement
- foreign application
- foreign attachment
- foreign bill
- foreign born person
- foreign bribery
- foreign carrier permit
- foreign citizen
- foreign commerce
- foreign company
- foreign concession
- foreign contract assurance
- foreign corporation
- foreign counsel
- foreign counterintelligence
- foreign country
- foreign criminal
- foreign currency
- foreign currency claim
- foreign currency liability
- foreign debt
- foreign defendant
- foreign delegation
- foreign diplomat
- foreign diplomatic mission
- foreign divorce
- foreign domicile
- foreign duty pay
- foreign economic relations
- foreign enlistment
- foreign exchange
- foreign exchange authorities
- foreign exchange dealing
- foreign exchange disbursements
- foreign exchange holdings
- foreign exchange insurance
- foreign exchange liabilities
- foreign exchange losses
- foreign exchange market
- foreign exchange operation
- foreign exchange regulation
- foreign-exchange reserves
- foreign exchange speculation
- foreign exchange transaction
- foreign exchange violation
- foreign judgment
- foreign judgment
- foreign government
- foreign holdings
- foreign indebtedness
- foreign intelligence
- foreign intelligence agent
- Foreign Intelligence Service
- foreign intervention
- foreign-inspired sabotage
- foreign invaders
- foreign invasion
- foreign investigation
- foreign investigator
- foreign judgement
- foreign judgment
- foreign jurisdiction
- foreign law
- foreign liability
- foreign licensing operation
- foreign market
- foreign marriage
- foreign minister
- Foreign Minister
- Foreign Ministry
- foreign money liability
- foreign nation
- foreign national
- Foreign Office
- foreign official
- foreign-owned
- foreign passport
- foreign power
- foreign person
- foreign plea
- foreign policy
- foreign policy measure
- foreign policy move
- foreign-policy statement
- foreign possessions
- foreign power
- foreign prince
- foreign principal
- foreign prisoner
- foreign relations
- foreign relations committee
- foreign relations department
- foreign representative
- foreign resident
- Foreign Secretary
- foreign security service agent
- foreign service
- foreign special service
- foreign spy
- foreign state
- foreign subject
- foreign subsidiary
- foreign trade
- foreign-trade monopoly
- foreign trade arbitration
- foreign trade zone
- foreign transaction
- foreign trip
- foreign witness -
9 make
робити, виготовляти; вносити (зміни, доповнення у документ)make a composite sketch of a suspect — робити словесний портрет підозрюваного ( за свідченнями кількох свідків)
make a false report about an offence — = make a false report about an offense робити фальшиве повідомлення про злочин ( до поліції тощо)
make a false report about an offense — = make a false report about an offence
make a note of smb.'s statement — = make a note of statement
make an early delineation of factual and legal issues — робити попереднє розмежування питань факту і питань права
make electoral campaign contributions for political ends — робити внески на виборчу кампанію з політичною метою
- make a billmake special security arrangements — = make special security measures вживати спеціальні заходи безпеки
- make a bomb
- make a cat's paw
- make a charge
- make a claim
- make a code
- make a compensation
- make a complaint
- make a complaint to the UN
- make a concession
- make a condition
- make a contract
- make a contract with a client
- make a copy
- make a copy of the original
- make a crime scene sketch
- make a deal
- make a death threat
- make a decisions by majority
- make a detainee talk
- make a diplomatic demarche
- make a draft law
- make a false statement
- make a fetish
- make a fetish of the past
- make a final ruling
- make a full confession
- make a gift
- make a good lawyer
- make a good title
- make a joint statement
- make a law
- make a loan
- make a mistake
- make a moral choice
- make a motion
- make a narrow inquiry
- make a narrow search
- make a new will
- make a normative decision
- make a note of statement
- make a part
- make a payoff
- make a penalty conditional
- make a petition
- make a plea in mitigation
- make a poor shot
- make a prisoner talk
- make a proposal
- make a protest
- make a provision
- make a public statement
- make a quick get-away
- make a raid
- make a recommendation
- make a revolt
- make a round
- make a search
- make a shot at smth.
- make a statement
- make a statement for the press
- make a temporary appointment
- make a treaty
- make a voluntary statement
- make a will
- make accountable
- make additions
- make alterations
- make amends
- make an affidavit
- make an agreement
- make an amendment
- make an appeal
- make an arrangement
- make an arrest
- make an attachment
- make an attempt on the life
- make an award
- make an examination
- make an example of an offender
- make an inquiry
- make an investigation
- make an official statement
- make an order
- make appearance
- make one's appearance
- make arrangement
- make arrangements
- make arrest
- make away
- make away with oneself
- make bail
- make bankrupt
- make blood test
- make calculations
- make charge
- make child pornography
- make clean breast of it
- make clear
- make compensation
- make confession
- make court
- make crime
- make default
- make defence
- make defense
- make demands
- make difficulties
- make diplomatic overtures
- make diplomatic sounding
- make disturbance
- make disturbances
- make easy
- make effort
- make enforcement distinctions
- make entrance
- make equal
- make escape
- make one's escape
- make escape by a back door
- make fealty
- make formal charges
- make good
- make good a deficiency
- make good a delay
- make good a loss
- make good an omission
- make good escape
- make good losses
- make handwriting sample
- make handwriting samples
- make illicit profits
- make information secret
- make insinuations
- make known
- make law
- make laws
- make less stringent
- make mandatory
- make moral choice
- make more democratic
- make more severe
- make nil
- make nil
- make nil and void
- make null
- make null
- make null and void
- make oath
- make off
- make out
- make out a document
- make out an invoice
- make out one's case
- make overtures
- make payment
- make-peace
- make peace
- make penal
- make pornography
- make protest
- make provision
- make provisions in the law
- make public
- make public election results
- make punishment fit the crime
- make quietus
- make regular
- make regulation
- make representations
- make reservation
- make restitution to the victim
- make revolt
- make safe
- make safety regulations
- make satisfaction
- make secret
- make secure
- make senior appointments
- make service upon the attorney
- make sounding
- make special security measures
- make stronger
- make supplementary examination
- make supplementary inquiry
- make sure
- make tax policy more flexible
- make territorial changes
- make the bull's-eye
- make the house
- make threatening phone call
- make threatening phone calls
- make threats
- make up a quarrel
- make up a report
- make-up pay
- make use
- make valid
- make war -
10 non-
префікс, що позначає заперечення або відсутність; нерідко перекладається префікомnon-interference in the domestic affairs of other countries — невтручання у внутрішні справи інших країн
non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries — невтручання у внутрішні справи інших країн
non-ministration of succor to a person in a situation dangerous to her life — = non-ministration of succour to a person in a situation dangerous to her life, non-ministration of succour to a person in a situation dangerous to his life, non-ministration of succor to a person in a situation dangerous to his life неподання допомоги особі, яка перебуває в небезпечному для життя становищі
non-ministration of succour to a person in a situation dangerous to her life — = non-ministration of succor to a person in a situation dangerous to her life
non-ministration of succour to a person in a situation dangerous to his life — = non-ministration of succor to a person in a situation dangerous to her life
non-ministration of succor to a person in a situation dangerous to his life — = non-ministration of succor to a person in a situation dangerous to her life
non-ministration to a sick person on the part of a medical worker — неподання допомоги хворому особою медичного персоналу
non-observance of the conditions of a contract — = non-observance of the terms of a contract порушення умов контракту ( угоди)
- non-acceptancenon-observance of the terms of a contract — = non-observance of the conditions of a contract
- non-access
- non-act
- non-actionable
- non-adjudicative
- non-adjudicative fact
- non-admission
- non-admittance
- non-adult
- non-affiliation
- non-age
- non-aggression
- non-aggression pact
- non-aggressive
- non-alcoholic
- non-aligned
- non-aligned countries
- non-aligned movement
- non-aligned state
- non-aligned status
- non-alignment
- non-alignment movement
- non-amicable
- non-appealable
- non-appearance
- non-arraignment
- non-attendance
- non-authoritarian
- non-belligerence
- non-belligerency
- non-belligerent
- non-binding
- non-cabinet agency
- non-cabinet minister
- non-cadreman
- non-capital murder
- non-career appointment
- non-career criminal
- non-career post
- non-citizen
- non-claim
- non-classified
- non-classified document
- non-coercive
- non-combatant
- non-commercial
- non-commercial organization
- non-commissioned officer
- non-committal
- non-committal reply
- non-committalism
- non-Communist
- non-Communist bloc of states
- non-comp.
- non-compelable witness
- non-compellable witness
- non-competition clause
- non-compliance
- non-compliant
- non-compos
- non-compos mentis
- non-concur
- non-confidence
- non-confidence vote
- non-conforming
- non-conforming prisoner
- non-conformity
- non-constitutional
- non-constitutional authority
- non-content
- non-contentious proceedings
- non-contractual
- non-contractual case
- non-contractual liability
- non-contributory pension
- non-controversial
- non-controversial bill
- non-cooperation
- non-cooperationist
- non-corporate
- non-corporate body
- non-crime
- non-criminal
- non-criminal life
- non-criminal
- non-criminal prisoner
- non-criminal proceeding
- non-criminal proceedings
- non-cumulative
- non-custodial
- non-custodial penalty
- non-sanction
- non-custodial sentencing
- non-definitive
- non-definitive judgement
- non-definitive judgment
- non-delegable
- non-deliberate
- non-delivery
- non-democrat
- non-democratic
- non-departmental minister
- non-deputy
- non-detected delinquency
- non-deviation
- non-disclosure
- non-disclosure agreement
- non-discovery of the criminal
- non-discovery of the culprit
- non-discovery of the offender
- non-discretionary
- non-discriminating
- non-discriminating law
- non-discrimination
- non-discriminatory
- non-discriminatory law
- non-discriminatory law
- non-divulgence
- non-effective
- non-effective deterrent
- non-elected
- non-eligibility
- non-eligibility for office
- non-eligible for office
- non-enacted
- non-enacted law
- non-enforceability
- non-entry
- non-essential ignorance
- non-EU country
- non-evidence fact
- non-exclusive licence
- non-exclusive license
- non-exclusive
- non-exclusive use
- non-execution
- non-exempt
- non-existent
- non-expert opinion
- non-extradition
- non-feasance
- non-fulfilment
- non-fulfillment
- non-fulfilment of the decision
- non-gang offender
- non-governmental
- non-governmental body
- non-governmental organization
- non-governmental property
- non-governmental regulation
- non-immigrant
- non-immigrant visa
- non-immigrant
- non-independent
- non-independent country
- non-information
- non-infringing article
- non-infringing article
- non-institutional treatment
- non-intentional
- non-intentional fault
- non-intercourse
- non-interference
- non-intervention
- non-issuable
- non-issuable plea
- non-joinder
- non-judgemental
- non-judgmental
- non-judicial
- non-judicial agency
- non-judicial day
- non-judicial punishment
- non-juring
- non-jury
- non-jury case
- non-jury court
- non-legal
- non-legal employee
- non-lethal
- non-legislative
- non-legislative organization
- non-lethal weapon
- non-lethal weapons
- non-mailable
- non-mandatory
- non-marital
- non-marital sexual relations
- non-medical
- non-medical use of drugs
- non-member
- non-member state
- non-metropolitan county
- non-military
- non-military means
- non-military service
- non-ministration
- non-ministration of succor
- non-ministration of succour
- non-molestation order
- non-moral
- non-national
- non-negligent manslaughter
- non-negotiable
- non-nuclear
- non-nuclear state
- non-nuclear-weapon state
- non-observance
- non-observance of traffic laws
- non-obvious
- non-obvious subject-matter
- non-offender
- non-official
- non-official majority
- non-parliamentary
- non-participation
- non-partisan
- non-partisan ballot
- non-partisan government
- non-party
- non-party minister
- non-patent
- non-patentability
- non-patentable
- non-payment
- non-payment of taxes
- non-pecuniary
- non-performance
- non-permanent
- non-permanent member
- non-police
- non-police enforcement
- non-police enforcement agency
- non-police enforcement body
- non-presidential appointment
- non-prison
- non-prison gang
- non-professional
- non-professional consul
- non-profit
- non-profit agency
- non-profit corporation
- non-profit organization
- non-proliferation
- non-proliferation treaty
- non-property
- non-property right
- non-pros.
- non-prosequitur
- non-prospectus company
- non-punishable
- non-punitive
- non-recognition
- non-recurrent
- non-recurrent levy
- non-recurrent transaction
- non-recurring
- non-recurring duty
- non-registrability
- non-relative
- non-relative adoption
- non-representative
- non-residence
- non-resident
- non-resident alien
- non-resident citizen
- non-resident patient
- non-residential care
- non-residential premises
- non-retroactivity
- non-retroactivity of law
- non-secular
- non-secular law
- non-secure
- non-secure setting
- non-secure shelter
- non-self-executing treaty
- non-self-governing
- non-self-governing territory
- non-signatory
- non-state
- non-statutory
- non-statutory authority
- non-statutory subject-matter
- non-substantive
- non-suit
- non-support
- non-tariff
- non-tariff barriers
- non-tariff regulation
- non-tax source
- non-taxable
- non-taxed
- non-term
- non-terminal
- non-testifying co-defendant
- non-transferable
- non-treaty based
- non-treaty based mechanism
- non-unanimous
- non-unanimous jury
- non-unanimous jury system
- non-union country
- non-union employer
- non-use
- non-use of force
- non-use of punishment
- non-user
- non-violent
- non-violent protest
- non-voter
- non-voting
- non-voting member
- non- wage benefits
- non-working
- non-working day
- non-working elements
- non-working time -
11 special
спеціальний, особливий; окремий; позитивно виражений; екстрений ( про випуск газети тощо)- special act
- special administration
- special administrator
- special agency
- special agent
- special agreement
- special allowance
- special appeal tribunal
- special appearance
- special arbitrage account
- special arrangement
- special assessment
- special assumpsit
- special authority
- special authority
- special bail
- special bastard
- special calendar
- special case
- special charge
- special circumstances
- special class
- Special Commission
- special committee
- special conditional fee
- special contract
- special count
- special court
- special custody
- special custom
- special damages
- special defence
- special defense
- special demurrer
- special deposit
- special deputy
- special deputy sheriff
- special deterrence
- special disability
- special drawing rights
- special duty
- special election
- special endorsement
- special envoy
- special exception
- special excise
- special excise duty
- special execution
- special files
- special finding of fact
- special guardian
- special hospital
- special indorsement
- special intent
- special investigation
- special investigation group
- special investigation team
- special investigative crime
- special investigator
- special jurisdiction
- special juror
- special jury
- special law
- special leave
- special leave of the court
- special legislation
- special licence
- special license
- special majority
- special measure
- special meeting
- special police task force
- special mission
- special object of crime
- special operation group
- special operations group
- special order
- special part
- special partner
- special partnership
- special passport
- special patrol
- special pension
- special peril
- special permission
- special plea in bar
- special pleading
- special policy
- Special Political Committee
- special position
- special power of attorney
- special prevention
- special privilege
- special procedure
- special procedures
- special proceeding
- special proceedings
- special property
- special prosecutor
- special provision
- special purpose policeman
- special registration
- special resolution
- special retainer
- special right
- special right to cover
- special rule
- special security cell
- special service
- special service unit
- special-service agent
- special session
- special shelter
- special status
- special tariff
- special team of investigators
- special traverse
- special treatment
- special tribunal
- special trust
- special venue
- special verdict
- special words
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plea bargain — plea bargains, plea bargaining, plea bargained 1) N COUNT In some legal systems, a plea bargain is an agreement that, if an accused person says they are guilty, they will be charged with a less serious crime or will receive a less severe… … English dictionary
plea bargain — n. An agreement made between a criminal defendant and the prosecutor in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser offense in exchange for a lighter punishment after conviction. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An… … Law dictionary
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plea-bargain — plea′ bar gain v. i. 1) cvb law to engage in plea bargaining 2) cvb law the agreement arrived at as a result of plea bargaining • Etymology: 1965–70 plea′ bar gain•er, n … From formal English to slang
plea bargain — n. an agreement arrived at by plea bargaining * * * … Universalium
plea — (n.) early 13c., lawsuit, from Anglo Fr. plai (late 12c.), O.Fr. plait lawsuit, decision, decree (9c.), from M.L. placitum lawsuit, in classical Latin, opinion, decree, lit. that which pleases, thing which is agreed upon, properly neuter pp. of… … Etymology dictionary