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SPEAKING WITH PROSECUTOR Definition & Legal Meaning

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A method of compounding an offense, allowed in the English practice, where the court permits a defendant convicted of a misdemeanor to speak with the prosecutor before judgment is pronounced; if the prosecutor declares himself satisfied, the court may In- flict a trivial punishment. 4 Steph. Comm. 261.

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