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lesser included offenses

lesser included offenses is the plural of lesser included offense.

Meaning of lesser included offense

Noun

lesser included offense (plural lesser included offenses)

  1. A crime the elements of which coincide with the elements of a more serious crime, from which the prosecutor is therefore precluded from separately charging a criminal defendant.
    • A robbery is an assault combined with a theft; a person can not be criminally charged with both the robbery and the assault that occurred during the robbery; the assault is a lesser included offense.

Questions about lesser included offenses

What is lesser included offenses the plural of?
Lesser included offenses is the plural of lesser included offense.

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