Alford Plea

[al-ferd]

noun

Law. a pleading of guilty in a plea bargain in which the defendant maintains his or her innocence.

Origin:
from the 1970 case North Carolina v. (Henry C.) Alford

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Alford Plea is always a great word to know.

So is testify. Does it mean:

to state or declare under oath or affirmation, usually in court

to bring against, as a formal charge against a person; to bring formally to the notice of the proper authority, as an offense

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