- (plea) supplication: a humble request for help from someone in authority
- (plea) (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
- (plea) an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
- (plead) appeal or request earnestly; "I pleaded with him to stop"
- (plead) offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity"
- (plead) enter a plea, as in courts of law; "She pleaded not guilty"
- (Plea) In legal terms, a plea is simply an answer to a claim made by someone in a civil or criminal case under common law using the adversary system. ...
- (Plea (insect)) Pleidae, the pygmy backswimmers, is a family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera (infraorder Nepomorpha, or "true water bugs"). There are 37 species in three genera, distributed across most of the world, except the polar regions and remote oceanic islands.Zack et al. (2007)
- (Pleading (Elgar)) "Pleading" is a poem written by Arthur L. Salmon, and set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1908, as his Op.48.
- (Pleading (United States)) Pleading in United States Federal courts is governed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
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- (plea) An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty; An excuse; an apology; That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; The defendant’s answer ...
- (plead) To present an argument, especially in a legal case; To beg, beseech, or implore
- (pleading) a document filed in a lawsuit; Of or pertaining to that which pleads
- (PLEA) The response made by a Defendant to charges filed in a criminal or traffic complaint. The three forms of pleas acceptable in Court are "Guilty", "Not Guilty", and "No Contest".
- (Plea) Your statement of whether or not you're guilty of whatever you are accused of (guilty, not guilty, 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.
- (Plea) The first pleading on the part of the defendant. In the strictest sense, the answer which the defendant in an action at law made to the plaintiff's declaration, and in which he set up matter of fact as defense, thus distinguished from a demurrer, which interposed objection on grounds of ...
- (Plea) When charged with any offense, a juvenile can enter a plea of True or Not True, the juvenile equivalent of an adult plea of Guilty or Not Guilty.
- (PLEA) Prior Learning and Experience Assessment. The assessment process undertaken by internationally-educated midwives who wish to be registered in some Canadian provinces or territories. PLEA includes portfolio assessment and written and clinical exams.
- (Plea) An answer to a charge.
- (Plea) In a criminal trial a defendant should tell the court whether he states he is not guilty or guilty. It is also possible to plead autrefois acquit and autrefois convict. ...
- (Plea) Statement made in court by one accused of a crime with regard to guilt or innocence
- (Plea) The answer the accused gives to the court at the beginning of court proceedings when he or she is asked if he or she is guilty or not guilty.