plea (pl )n. 1. An earnest request; an appeal: spoke out in a plea for greater tolerance. 2. An excuse; a pretext: "necessity,/The Tyrant's plea" (John Milton). 3. Law a. An allegation offered in pleading a case. b. A defendant's answer to the declaration made by the plaintiff in a civil action. c. The answer of the accused to a criminal charge or indictment: entered a plea of not guilty. d. A special answer depending on or demonstrating one or more reasons why a suit should be delayed, dismissed, or barred in equity law. e. An action or suit. [Middle English plai, lawsuit, from Old French plai, plaid, from Late Latin placitum, decree, from Latin, from neuter past participle of plac re, to please; see pl k-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
plea [pliː]
n
1. an earnest entreaty or request a plea for help
2. (Law)
a. Law something alleged or pleaded by or on behalf of a party to legal proceedings in support of his claim or defence
b. Criminal law the answer made by an accused to the charge a plea of guilty
c. (in Scotland and formerly in England) a suit or action at law
3. an excuse, justification, or pretext he gave the plea of a previous engagement
[from Anglo-Norman plai, from Old French plaid lawsuit, from Medieval Latin placitum court order (literally: what is pleasing), from Latin placēre to please]
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| Noun | 1. |  plea - a humble request for help from someone in authority |
| 2. | plea - (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) answer - the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims counterplea - a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's plea dilatory plea - a plea that delays the action without settling the cause of action; it can challenge the jurisdiction or claim disability of the defendant etc. (such defenses are usually raised in the defendant's answer) insanity plea, plea of insanity - (criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" | |
| 3. | plea - an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed due process, due process of law - (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards trial - (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law; "he had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty"; "most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
plea
noun
1. appeal, request, suit, prayer, begging, petition, overture, entreaty, intercession, supplication an impassioned plea to mankind to act to save the planet
2. (Law) suit, cause, action, allegation We will enter a plea of not guilty.
3. excuse, claim, defence, explanation, justification, pretext, vindication, extenuation He murdered his wife, but got off on a plea of insanity.
Translations
plea [pliː]
A. N
3. (Jur) → alegato m, defensa f
a plea of insanity → un alegato de desequilibrio mental
a plea of guilty/not guilty → una declaración de culpabilidad/inocencia
to enter a plea of innocent → declararse inocente
a plea of insanity → un alegato de desequilibrio mental
a plea of guilty/not guilty → una declaración de culpabilidad/inocencia
to enter a plea of innocent → declararse inocente
B. CPD plea bargaining N (Jur) acuerdo táctico entre fiscal y defensor para agilizar los trámites judiciales
plea [ˈpliː] n
plea
n
→ Bitte f; (= general appeal) → Appell m; to make a plea for something → zu etw aufrufen; to make a plea for mercy/leniency → um Gnade/Milde bitten
(= excuse) → Begründung f; on the plea of illness/ill health → aus Krankheitsgründen/gesundheitlichen Gründen
(Jur) → Plädoyer nt; to enter a plea of guilty → sich schuldig bekennen; to enter a plea of not guilty → seine Unschuld erklären; to enter a plea of insanity → auf Zurechnungsunfähigkeit plädieren; he put forward or he made a plea of self-defence → er machte Notwehr geltend, er berief sich auf Notwehr
plea [pliː] n
plea [pliː] n
a. (entreaty, for donations) → appello; (for leniency) → supplica; (excuse) → scusa, pretesto
on the plea of → con la scusa di
on the plea of → con la scusa di
b. (Law) to enter a plea of guilty → dichiararsi colpevole
to put forward a plea of self-defence → invocare la legittima difesa
to put forward a plea of self-defence → invocare la legittima difesa
plea [pliː] n
a. (entreaty, for donations) → appello; (for leniency) → supplica; (excuse) → scusa, pretesto
on the plea of → con la scusa di
on the plea of → con la scusa di
b. (Law) to enter a plea of guilty → dichiararsi colpevole
to put forward a plea of self-defence → invocare la legittima difesa
to put forward a plea of self-defence → invocare la legittima difesa
n plea [pliː]
1 a prisoner's answer to a charge He made a plea of (not) guilty. pleidooi يَرُدُّ على تُهْمَه пледоария obhajoba påstand die Antwort des Angeklagten απάντηση στο κατηγορητήριο alegato, declaración kaitseväide مدافعه؛ پاسخ دعوی oikeudenkäyntiväite défense טִיעוּן सफाई, दलील obrana,žalba védekezés pernyataan svar stefnda við ákæru, málsvörn richiesta, appello 申し立て 피고의 항변, 답변 pareiškimas, paaiškinimas (apsūdzētā) atbilde uz apsūdzību rayuan pleidooi påstand odpowiedź na zarzut declaração pledoarie заявление подсудимого obhajoba zagovor izjašnjenje försvar, svaromål คำแก้ต่าง savunma, beyan 抗辯 відповідь на обвинувачення بيان صفائي lời thú tội/không thú tội 抗辩
2 an urgent request The hospital sent out a plea for blood-donors. versoek طَلَب مُسْتَعْجَل، إسْتِغاثَه молба naléhavá žádost appel; anmodning dringende Bitte έκκληση petición urgente palve درخواست فوری vetoomus appel urgent (à) בַּקָשָה प्रार्थना molba,priziv kérelem imbauan beiðni, tilmæli richiesta, appello 嘆願 탄원, 청원 prašymas lūgums; aicinājums rayuan dringend verzoek bønn, appell apel apelo cerere (urgentă) просьба, призыв naliehavá žiadosť prošnja molba vädjan การขอร้อง âcil yardım çağrısı 懇求 благання; прохання درخواست lời khẩn cầu 恳求
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