a plea

Definition of a plea in English English dictionary
plea: A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas. See under Common
Can we this quote? The Supreme Judicial Court shall have cognizance of pleas real, personal, and mixed. --Laws of Massachusetts.
plea: An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer
plea: An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty
a plea for mercy.
plea: The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand
plea: That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause
plea: an argument to obtain some desired action
plea: {n} an excuse, allegation, form of pleading
plea: (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
plea: 1 In equity, a special answer relying upon one ore more things a reason for the suit to be dismissed, delayed or barred At law, broadly, any one of the common law pleadings Technically, the defendant's or respondent's answer the matter of fact to the plaintiff's petition or complaint In the criminal procedure, the defendant will enter a plea at his arraignment of not guilty, guilty or in some jurisdictions, nolo contendere or non vult (meaning no contest)
plea: An urgent prayer or entreaty
plea: The answer given by an accused when charged with a criminal offence - "guilty" or "not guilty"
plea: That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology
plea: In criminal practice, the plea is the defendant's formal answer to the indictment or information presented against him
plea: a humble request for help from someone in authority
plea: A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas
plea: An excuse; an apology
plea: In chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why the suit should be either dismissed, delayed, or barred
plea: A plea is the delivery, in a formal manner, of the defendant's response to the plaintiff's declaration, complaint, or to the indictment
plea: The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand
plea: statement made by the defendant as to his guilt or innocence to the charge made against him or her
plea: an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
plea: (RWT) In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court
plea: the offender's response to criminal charges, which can be: guilty, not guilty, nolo contendere (not admit guilt and not argue charges), or Alford plea (not admit guilt, but agree there's enough evidence to convict)
plea: The first pleading by a criminal defendant, the defendant's declaration in open court that he or she is guilty or not guilty The defendant's answer to the charges made in the indictment or information
plea: That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification
plea: In a criminal proceeding it is the defendant's declaration in open court, that he is guilty or not guilty - the defendant's answer to the charges made against him in the indictment or information
plea: A pleading, the first pleading on the part of the defendant to the indictment as to his guilt or innocence
plea: an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
plea: That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's plea
plea: The defendant's formal response to a criminal charge (guilty, not guilty, nolo contendere, not guilty by reason of insanity, and guilty and mentally ill)
plea: The response by a defendant to formal change(s) in court Such pleas include guilty, not guilty, nolo contendere (no contest) or not guilty by reason of insanity
plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court
plea: A formal statement of a defendant in response to a criminal accusation
plea: A plea is a reason which is given, to a court of law or to other people, as an excuse for doing something or for not doing something. Phillips murdered his wife, but got off on a plea of insanity
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plea: A plea is an appeal or request for something, made in an intense or emotional way. Mr Nicholas made his emotional plea for help in solving the killing. = appeal
plea: In a court of law, a person's plea is the answer that they give when they have been charged with a crime, saying whether or not they are guilty of that crime. The judge questioned him about his guilty plea We will enter a plea of not guilty
plea: {i} (Law) request, appeal; excuse, pretext; statement, affidavit; defendant's answer to a charge
plea: A pleading; any one in the series of pleadings More particularly, the first pleading on the part of the defendant In the strictest sense, the answer which the defendant in an action at law makes to the plaintiff’s declaration, and in which he sets up matter of fact as defense, thus distinguished from a demurrer, which interposes objections on grounds of law
plea: See under Common
plea: In a criminal proceeding, it is the defendant's declaration in open court that he or she is guilty or not guilty The defendant's answer to the charges made in the indictment or information
plea: That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern practice, the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand