(Law) request, appeal; excuse, pretext; statement, affidavit; defendant's answer to a charge
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(n.)
That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology.
That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology.
(n.)
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. That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's 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. In criminal practice, the plea is the defendant's formal answer to the indictment or information presented against him.
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. That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's 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. In criminal practice, the plea is the defendant's formal answer to the indictment or information presented against him.
(n.)
An urgent prayer or entreaty.
An urgent prayer or entreaty.
(n.)
A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas. See under Common.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas. See under Common.
plea
\plea\ (?), n. [oe. plee, plai, plait, fr. of. plait, plaid, plet, ll. placitum judgment, decision, assembly, court, fr. l. placitum that which is pleasing, an opinion, sentiment, from placere to please. see please, and cf. placit, plead.]
1. (law) 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. that which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's 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. in criminal practice, the plea is the defendant's formal answer to the indictment or information presented against him.
2. (law) a cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the court of common pleas. see under common. the supreme judicial court shall have cognizance of pleas real, personal, and mixed. --laws of massachusetts.
3. that which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology. "necessity, the tyrant's plea." no plea must serve; 't is cruelty to spare.
4. an urgent prayer or entreaty.
similar words(9)
special plea in bar
plea in abatement
plea in bar
dilatory plea
insanity plea
double plea
counter plea
declinatory plea
issuable plea
An argument to obtain some desired action
Dadl = n. dispute, debate, plea
Gwrth-hawl, holion = n. counter plea
Noun
1. a humble request for help from someone in authority
(synonym) supplication
(hypernym) entreaty, prayer, appeal
2. (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
(hypernym) answer
(hyponym) counterplea
(classification) law, jurisprudence
3. an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
(hypernym) due process, due process of law
(part-holonym) trial
(classification) law, jurisprudence
Plea Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Plea Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.
In equity, a special answer relying upon one or more things as a reasonfor the suit to be dismissed, delayed or barred. At law, broadly, any one ofthe common law pleadings. Technically, the defendant's or respondent's answerby matter of fact to the plaintiff's petition or complaint. In criminalprocedure, the defendant will enter a plea at his arraignment of not guilty,guilty or, in some jurisdictions, nolo contendere or non vult (meaning nocontest).
A defendant's reply to a charge put to him by a court;
ie guilty or not guilty
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