Posted by John Wilson on July 28, 2004 at 11:30:49 from 202.154.157.202 user hugo.
In Reply to: Settling, posted by John Nichols on July 27, 2004 at 18:44:17:
I think, speaking as a non-lawyer, (though our daughter has just qualified) that the term in criminal cases is “plea-bargaining” rather that “settling” . Eg pleading guilty to manslaughter not murder.