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1. (n.) plea
an appeal or entreaty:
a plea for mercy.
2. plea
something that is alleged, urged, or pleaded in defense or justification.
3. plea
an excuse; pretext:
He begged off on the plea that his car wasn't working.
4. plea
an allegation made by, or on behalf of, a party to a legal suit, in support of his or her claim or defense.
5. plea
a defendant's answer to a legal declaration or charge.
6. plea
a plea of guilty.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME ple, earlier plaid < OF < early ML placitum law-court, suit, decision, decree, L: opinion (lit., that which is pleasing)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) supplication, plea
a humble request for help from someone in authority
2. (noun) plea
(law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
3. (noun) plea
an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
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1. (noun) plea
a statement of guilt or innocence in a court of law
a plea of guilty/not guilty
2. plea
an emotional request
a plea for the release of the hostages
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) 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. 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. (noun) plea
a cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas. See under Common
3. (noun) plea
that which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology
4. (noun) plea
an urgent prayer or entreaty
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Sense: a prisoner's answer to a charge
He made a plea of (not) guilty.
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 Afrikaans: pleidooi |
 Arabic: يَرُدُّ على تُهْمَه |
 Bulgarian: пледоария |
 Brazilian: declaração |
 Czech: obhajoba |
 German: die Antwort des Angeklagt |
 Danish: påstand |
 Greek: απάντηση στο κατηγορητήρι |
 Spanish: alegato, declaración |
 Estonian: kaitseväide |
 Farsi: مدافعه؛ پاسخ دعوی |
 Finnish: oikeudenkäyntiväite |
 French: défense |
 Hebrew: טִיעוּן |
 Hindi: सफाई, दलील |
 Croatian: obrana,žalba |
 Hungarian: védekezés |
 Indonesian: pernyataan |
 Icelandic: svar stefnda við ákæru, m |
 Italian: richiesta, appello |
 Japanese: 申し立て |
 Korean: 피고의 항변, 답변 |
 Lithuanian: pareiškimas, paaiškinimas |
 Latvian: (apsūdzētā) atbilde uz ap |
 Malay: rayuan |
 Dutch: pleidooi |
 Norwegian: påstand |
 Polish: odpowiedź na zarzut |
 Persian: مدافعه؛ پاسخ دعوی |
 Pashto: مدافعه په دعوا كښې |
 Portuguese: declaração |
 Romanian: pledoarie |
 Russian: заявление подсудимого |
 Slovak: obhajoba |
 Slovenian: zagovor |
 Serbian: izjašnjenje |
 Swedish: försvar, svaromål |
 Thai: คำแก้ต่าง |
 Turkish: savunma, beyan |
 Taiwanese: 抗辯 |
 Ukrainian: відповідь на обвинуваченн |
 Urdu: بيان صفائي |
 Vietnamese: lời thú tội/không thú tội |
 Chinese: 抗辩 |
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