Plea - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
- an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
Extra examples
We are making a plea to all companies to stop polluting the environment.
The defendant entered a plea of not guilty.
Caldwell made a plea for donations.
The parents made an emotional plea to their child's kidnappers.
Adams entered a plea of 'not guilty'.
He refused the appointment on a plea of illness.
We were moved by his passionate plea for forgiveness.
...in response to a desperate plea, we handed over all our extra blankets and pillows to the homeless shelter...
...to be effectual, a judge must homologate the plea bargain between the district attorney and the defense...
...an impassioned plea for justice...
...a mawkish plea for donations to the charity...
I could see a mute plea for help in his eyes.
The second plea of the defender ought to be repelled.
Dunn copped a plea to avoid going to jail.
Wilson entered a plea of not guilty (=said that he was not guilty at the beginning of a court case).
Word forms
singular: plea
plural: pleas
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