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plea bargain
or to only one or some of the counts in a multi-count indictment in return for a lighter sentence than the defendant would have received if convicted of the more serious charges. Source: Federal Judicial Center
nondischargeable debt
intoxicated or under the influence of drugs, and debts for restitution or a criminal fine included in a sentence on the debtor's conviction of a crime. Some debts, such as debts for money or property obtained by
mitigating circumstance
the question of culpability but that receives consideration by the court esp. in lessening the severity of a sentence [the mitigating circumstance of the defendant's terminal illness] compare aggravating circumstance
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criminal case
large, against an individual or organization accused of committing a crime. If the defendant is found guilty, the sentence (or punishment) is often imprisonment. Source: Federal Judicial Center
clemency
clemency pl: -cies 1 : willingness or ability to moderate the severity of a punishment (as a sentence) 2 : an act or instance of mercy, compassion, or forgiveness see also amnesty, commute, pardon, reprieve
acceptance of responsibility
the discretion under the federal sentencing guidelines to reduce the offense level and so impose a less severe sentence
Damn
To condemn to declare guilty to doom to adjudge to punishment to sentence to censure
Domestic relationship
Dome, or Doom [Sax.], a judgment, sentence, or decree
Decreet of valuation of teinds
Decreet of valuation of teinds, a sentence of the Court of Session (who are now in the place of the Commissioners for the Valuation of
Dempster
or Doomster of Court was the designation of an official person whose duty it was to recite the sentence after it had been pronounced by the Court, and recorded by the clerk; on which occasion the Dempster
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