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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
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get someone off on a minor charge
What does "get someone off on a minor charge" mean?
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Hi The context here is someone being arrested and charged by the police. There may be a number of charges made: attempted murder, assault, fraud, illegal parking, littering If the lawyer manages to get the serious charges dropped, so that the accused is found guilty only of the parking or the littering offence then the lawyer has done well: he's got his client off on a minor charge Dave
- Hi The context here is someone being arrested and charged by the police.
- There may be a number of charges made: attempted murder, assault, fraud, illegal parking, littering If the lawyer manages to get the serious charges dropped, so that the accused is found guilty only of the parking or the littering offence then the lawyer has done well: he's got his client off on a minor charge Dave
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The context here is someone being arrested and charged by the police. There may be a number of charges made: attempted murder, assault, fraud, illegal parking, littering
If the lawyer manages to get the serious charges dropped, so that the accused is found guilty only of the parking or the littering offence then the lawyer has done well: he's got his client off on a minor cha
The context here is someone being arrested and charged by the police. There may be a number of charges made: attempted murder, assault, fraud, illegal parking, littering
If the lawyer manages to get the serious charges dropped, so that the accused is found guilty only of the parking or the littering offence then the lawyer has done well: he's got his client off on a minor cha
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