plead (redirected from pleaded)

plead  (pld)

v. plead·ed or pled (pld), plead·ing, pleads

v.intr.

1. To appeal earnestly; beg: plead for more time.

2. To offer reasons for or against something; argue earnestly: plead against a bill.

3. To provide an argument or appeal: Your youth pleads for you in this instance.

4. Law

a. To put forward a plea of a specific nature in court: plead guilty.

b. To make or answer an allegation in a legal proceeding.

c. To address a court as a lawyer or advocate.

v.tr.

1. To assert as defense, vindication, or excuse; claim as a plea: plead illness.

2. Law

a. To present as an answer to a charge, indictment, or declaration made against one.

b. To argue or present (a case) in a court or similar tribunal.

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[Middle English pleden, plaiden, from Old French plaidier, from Medieval Latin placitre, to appeal to the law, from Late Latin placitum, decree, opinion; see plea.]

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pleada·ble adj.

pleader n.

pleading·ly adv.

Usage Note: In strict legal usage, one is said to plead guilty or plead not guilty but not to plead innocent. In nonlegal contexts, however, plead innocent is well established.

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plead

Verb

[pleading, pleaded, plead] or esp Scot & US pled

1. (sometimes foll. by with)to ask with deep feeling

2. to give as an excuse: whenever she invites him to dinner, he pleads a prior engagement

3. Law to declare oneself to be (guilty or not guilty) of the charge made against one

4. Law to present (a case) in a court of law [Latin placere to please]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	plead - appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop" appeal, invoke - request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in times of trouble" beg, implore, pray - call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!" adjure, beseech, entreat, conjure, bid, press - ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
	2.	plead - offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity" apologise, rationalize, apologize, rationalise, justify, excuse - defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
	3.	plead - enter a plea, as in courts of law; "She pleaded not guilty" 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" declare - state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"
	4.	plead - 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 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" allege, aver, say - report or maintain; "He alleged that he was the victim of a crime"; "He said it was too late to intervene in the war"; "The registrar says that I owe the school money" demur - enter a demurrer

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plead

verb 1. appeal, ask, request, beg, petition, crave, solicit, implore, beseech, entreat, importune, supplicate

verb 2. allege, claim, argue, maintain, assert, put forward, adduce, use as an excuse

Translations

plead [pliːd] vt (LAW): to plead sb's case → defender a alguien (= give as excuse); poner como pretexto

vi (LAW) → declararse (= beg): to plead with sb → suplicar or rogar a algn;

to plead guilty/not guilty [defendant] → declararse culpable/inocente;

to plead for sth (= beg for) → suplicar algo

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plead [pliːd] vt → plaider (= give as excuse); invoquer

vi (Law) → plaider (= beg);

to plead with sb (for sth) → implorer qn (d'accorder qch);

to plead for sth → implorer qch;

to plead guilty/not guilty → plaider coupable/non coupable

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plead [pliːd] vi (Law) → vor Gericht eine Schuld-/Unschuldserklärung abgeben

vt (Law);

to plead sb's case → jdn vertreten (= give as excuse) [+ ignorance, ill health etc] → vorgeben, sich berufen auf +acc;

to plead with sb (= beg) → jdn inständig bitten;

to plead for sth → um etw nachsuchen;

to plead guilty/not guilty → sich schuldig/nicht schuldig bekennen

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plead [pliːd] vt → patrocinare (= give as excuse); addurre a pretesto

vi (LAW) → perorare la causa (= beg): to plead with sb → implorare qn;

to plead for sth → implorare qc;

to plead guilty/not guilty [defendant] → dichiararsi colpevole/innocente