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Guilty

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002379

The legal status of a defendant in a criminal case who has admitted to committing a crime or has been proven by a prosecutor to have committed a crime beyond a reasonable doubt. A plea of guilty waives the right to a trial and results in a conviction. In contrast, a civil defendant is found liable, not guilty.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002379
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002379",
  "term": "Guilty",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The legal status of a defendant in a criminal case who has admitted to committing a crime or has been proven by a prosecutor to have committed a crime beyond a reasonable doubt. A plea of guilty waives the right to a trial and results in a conviction. In contrast, a civil defendant is found liable, not guilty.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/guilty/"
}

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