What does PLEA mean?

Definitions for PLEA
pliplea

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. supplication, pleanoun

    a humble request for help from someone in authority

  2. pleanoun

    (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)

  3. pleanoun

    an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed

Wiktionary

  1. pleanoun

    An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.

    a plea for mercy

  2. pleanoun

    An excuse; an apology.

  3. pleanoun

    That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.

  4. pleanoun

    That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause.

  5. pleanoun

    An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer.

  6. pleanoun

    The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand.

  7. pleanoun

    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.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Pleanoun

    Etymology: plaid, old French.

    The magnificoes have all persuaded with him;
    But none can drive him from the envious plea
    Of forfeiture of justice and his bond. William Shakespeare.

    They tow’rds the throne supreme,
    Accountable, made haste, to make appear
    With righteous plea, their utmost vigilance. John Milton.

    The fiend, with necessity,
    The tyrant’s plea, excus’d his devilish deeds. John Milton.

    Thou determin’st weakness for no plea. John Milton.

    When such occasions are,
    No plea must serve; ’tis cruelty to spare. John Denham.

    Whoever argues in defence of absolute power in a single person, though he offers the old plausible plea, that, it is his opinion, which he cannot help, unless he be convinced, ought to be treated as the common enemy of mankind. Jonathan Swift.

Wikipedia

  1. Plea

    In legal terms, a plea is simply an answer to a claim made by someone in a criminal case under common law using the adversarial system. Colloquially, a plea has come to mean the assertion by a defendant at arraignment, or otherwise in response to a criminal charge, whether that person pleaded or pled guilty, not guilty, nolo contendere (a.k.a. no contest), no case to answer (in the United Kingdom), or Alford plea (in the United States). The concept of the plea is one of the significant differences between criminal procedure under common law and procedure under the civil law system. Under common law, a defendant who pleads guilty is automatically convicted, and the remainder of the trial is used to determine the sentence. This produces a system known as plea bargaining, in which defendants may plead guilty in exchange for a more lenient punishment. In civil law jurisdictions, a confession by the defendant is treated like any other piece of evidence. A full confession does not prevent a full trial or relieve the prosecutor from presenting a case to the court.

ChatGPT

  1. plea

    A plea is a formal statement made by a defendant in a court of law, either confessing guilt or asserting innocence for the crime they are accused of. Alternatively, it can also refer to a request or appeal made earnestly or desperately.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pleanoun

    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. Pleanoun

    a cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas. See under Common

  3. Pleanoun

    that which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology

  4. Pleanoun

    an urgent prayer or entreaty

  5. Etymology: [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.]

Wikidata

  1. 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. Colloquially, a plea has come to mean the assertion by a criminal defendant at arraignment, or otherwise in response to a criminal charge, whether that person pleaded Guilty, Not Guilty, No Contest or Alford plea. The concept of the plea is one of the major differences between criminal procedure under common law and procedure under the civil law system. Under common law, a plea of guilty by the defendant waives trial of the charged offences and the defendant may be sentenced immediately. This produces a system known under American law as plea bargaining. In civil law jurisdictions, there is generally no concept of a plea of guilty. A confession by the defendant is treated like any other piece of evidence, and a full confession does not prevent a full trial from occurring or relieve the plaintiff from its duty of presenting a case to the trial court. A "blind plea" is a guilty plea entered with no plea agreement in place. One defendant accused of illegally protesting nuclear power, when asked to enter his plea, stated, "I plead for the beauty that surrounds us"; this type of unorthodox plea is sometimes referred to as a "creative plea," and will usually be interpreted as a plea of not guilty. Likewise, standing mute and refusing to enter any plea at all will usually be interpreted as a not guilty plea; the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, for instance, state, "If a defendant refuses to enter a plea or if a defendant organization fails to appear, the court must enter a plea of not guilty."

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Plea

    plē, n. the defender's answer to the plaintiff's demand or charge: an excuse: an apology: an action in a court of law: urgent entreaty. [O. Fr. plait (Fr. plaid)—Low L. placitum, a decision—L. placet, it pleases, placēre, to please.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. plea

    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.

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British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'PLEA' in Nouns Frequency: #2298

Anagrams for PLEA »

  1. leap

  2. pale

  3. peal

  4. lepa

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PLEA in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PLEA in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of PLEA in a Sentence

  1. Ben CrumpReplayMore:

    Today was a huge step toward justice. We are grateful for the diligence and dedication of the FBI and the DOJ as they investigated what led to Breonna's murder and what transpired afterwards. The justice that Breonna received today would not have been possible without the efforts of Attorney General Merrick Garland or Assistant AG for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke, we hope this announcement of a guilty plea sends a message to all other involved officers that it is time to stop covering up and time to accept responsibility for their roles in causing the death of an innocent, beautiful young Black woman.

  2. Jerry Nadler:

    President Trump dangled this pardon to encourage Flynn to backtrack on his pledge to cooperate with federal investigatorscooperation that might have exposed the Presidents own wrongdoing. And it worked, flynn broke his deal, recanted his plea, received the backing of the Attorney General over the objections of career prosecutors, and now has secured a pardon from the President of the United States.

  3. Paula Duncan:

    Some of us had a problem accepting his testimony because he took the plea. So we agreed to throw out his testimony and look at the paperwork, which his name was all over, i think he would have done anything to preserve himself -- that's just obvious in the fact that he flipped on Paul Manafort.

  4. Joan Wester Anderson:

    We can all be angels to one another. We can choose to obey the still small stirring within, the little whisper that says, 'Go. Ask. Reach out. Be an answer to someone's plea. You have a part to play. Have faith.' We can decide to risk that He is indeed there, watching, caring, cherishing us as we love and accept love. The world will be a better place for it. And wherever they are, the angels will dance.

  5. Alvin Bragg:

    As a Black man, I have personally experienced racial profiling countless times in my life and I sympathize with the young man victimized in this incident, this plea ensures appropriate accountability for Miya Ponsetto by addressing underlying causes for Miya Ponsetto behavior and ensuring this conduct does not reoccur.

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Translations for PLEA

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  • حجةArabic
  • апел, молба, извинение, петицияBulgarian
  • Bitte, Plädoyer, Appell, Flehen, Verteidigung, Entschuldigung, ErsuchenGerman
  • pledoEsperanto
  • alegatoSpanish
  • oikeusjuttu, vastaus, selitys, puolustus, tekosyy, puolustelu, perustelu, anomus, vastine, vetoomusFinnish
  • supplication, appelFrench
  • mentség, kifogás, kérvény, ürügy, védőbeszédHungarian
  • permohonanIndonesian
  • richiestaItalian
  • 嘆願, 弁解Japanese
  • ಮನವಿKannada
  • rechtszaak, smeekbede, pleidooi, zaakDutch
  • проше́ние, пети́ция, заявле́ние, [[суде́бный]] [[проце́сс]], [[суде́бный]] [[акт]], призы́в, иск, тя́жба, мольба́, жа́лоба, оправда́ние, про́сьба, предло́гRussian
  • grundSwedish
  • בקשהYiddish
  • 懇求Chinese

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