English Dictionary

plea-bargain

名詞

アメリカ英語 別表記 異形

(US, law) Alternative form of plea bargain (“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”).

日本語の意味

（米国法）量刑取引の別形式。被告と検察官との間で、被告が有罪や「異議なし」を申し出ることで、より軽い罪状について合意し、重い罪状では争わない取り決めを意味する。

After hours of negotiation the defendant accepted a plea-bargain to avoid the risk of a harsher sentence at trial.

何時間にも及ぶ交渉の末、被告は公判でより重い刑を受けるリスクを避けるために司法取引を受け入れた。

意味（1）

(US, law) Alternative form of plea bargain (“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”).

plea-bargains （ plural ）