savunma yapmak

Turkish - English

Definition of savunma yapmak in Turkish English dictionary

plead

To present an argument, especially in a legal case

The defendant has decided to plead not guilty.

To beg, beseech, or implore

{v} to defend, discuss, argue, allege, say

When someone charged with a crime pleads guilty or not guilty in a court of law, they officially state that they are guilty or not guilty of the crime. Morris had pleaded guilty to robbery

If you plead a particular thing as the reason for doing or not doing something, you give it as your excuse. Mr Giles pleads ignorance as his excuse It was no defence to plead that they were only obeying orders

If you plead with someone to do something, you ask them in an intense, emotional way to do it. The lady pleaded with her daughter to come back home He was kneeling on the floor pleading for mercy `Do not say that,' she pleaded I pleaded to be allowed to go. = beg

To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carry on the allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry on a suit or plea

{f} allege, argue; petition, solicit; entreat, appeal, implore

appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop"

appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop" enter a plea, as in courts of law; "She pleaded not guilty" offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity" make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts

To allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for repelling a demand in law; to answer to an indictment; as, to plead usury; to plead statute of limitations; to plead not guilty

To allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the rights of ambassadors

make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts

To contend; to struggle

To argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing; to attempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; to speak by way of persuasion; as, to plead for the life of a criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father

offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity"

enter a plea, as in courts of law; "She pleaded not guilty"

To discuss, defend, and attempt to maintain by arguments or reasons presented to a tribunal or person having uthority to determine; to argue at the bar; as, to plead a cause before a court or jury

If you plead the case or cause of someone or something, you speak out in their support or defence. He appeared before the Committee to plead his case

Related Terms

savunma avukatlığını yapmak

hold a brief for smb

sıkı savunma yapmak

stonewall

Hyphenation

sa·vun·ma yap·mak