1) Advocatory statement 2) An excuse 3) Answer a charge 4) Answer from the accused 5) Answer to a charge 6) Answer to a judge 7) Answer to the judge 8) Apology 9) Appeal 10) Appeal of desperation 11) Application 12) Appropriate part of appeal 13) Ardent request 14) Arraignment entry 15) Arraignment offering
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1) Appeal 2) Counterplea 3) Entreaty 4) Reason 5) Request
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- 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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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 crime), or "not guilty by reason of insanity" (at the...
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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 guilty, not guilty, no contest or (in the United States...
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(1) Defendant
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The answer the accused gives to the court at the beginning of a trial when asked if he or she is guilty or not guilty.
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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 alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or...
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it refers to the response of the defendant,accused by the plaintiff's claims and charges of crime, against him.
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when someone formally says 'guilty' or 'not guilty' to a crime they are charged with in a court of law
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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 opinion, sentiment, from
placere to please. ...
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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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An accused defendant's formal answer to criminal charges. Typically defendants enter one of the following pleas: guilty, not guilty, or nolo contendere. A plea is usually entered when charges are formally brought (at arraignment). (See: nolo contendere)
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nolo contendere (no contest).
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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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A defendant's reply to a charge put to him by a court; i.e. guilty or not guilty
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noun a humble request for help from someone in authority
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