Look up: plea

1. plea
   request 
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2. plea
   [n] - (law) a defendant`s answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) 2. [n] - an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
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3. Plea
   when someone formally says 'guilty' or 'not guilty' to a crime they are charged with in a court of law
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4. plea
   claiming the privilege of sureties to a debt; to go bail each for his part only Category: Law
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5. Plea
   A defendant's reply to a charge put to him by a court; i.e. guilty or not guilty
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6. Plea
   Plea noun [ Middle English plee , plai , plait , from Old French plait , plaid , plet , Late Latin placitum judgment, decision, assembly, court, from Latin placitum that which is pleasing, an op...
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7. plea
   1. 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 alle...
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8. plea
   noun a humble request for help from someone in authority
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9. Plea
   (from the article `back swimmer`) ...The genus Buenoa, which usually floats or swims some distance below the surface, appears reddish or pinkish in colour because of the pigment ...
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10. 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 pers...
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11. plea
    
    • humble request for help
    • (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
    • an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
    
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12. Plea
    In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
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13. Plea
    it refers to the response of the defendant,accused by the plaintiff's claims and charges of crime, against him.
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14. plea
    n. 1) in criminal law, the response by an accused defendant to each charge of the commission of a crime. Pleas normally are "not guilty," "guilty," "no contest" (admitting the facts, but unwilling to plead "guilty," thus resulting in the equivalent of a "guilty" verdict but without admitting the cri...
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