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- Dictionaryplea/pliː/
noun
- 1. a request made in an urgent and emotional manner: "he made a dramatic plea for disarmament" Similar
- 2. a formal statement by or on behalf of a defendant or prisoner, stating guilt or innocence in response to a charge, offering an allegation of fact, or claiming that a point of law should apply: "he changed his plea to not guilty"
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the answer that a person gives in court to the accusation of having committed a crime: He received a sentence of 5 to 10 years for his guilty plea to the robbery charge.
The meaning of PLEA is a legal suit or action. How to use plea in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Plea.
the answer that a person gives in court to the accusation of having committed a crime: He received a sentence of 5 to 10 years for his guilty plea to the robbery charge.
A plea is a reason which is given, to a court of law or to other people, as an excuse for doing something or for not doing something.
A plea is what you make when you're begging for something with a sense of urgency and emotion. While you wouldn't call asking for a hall pass a plea, you could make a plea for justice or world peace.
noun. /pliː/ (formal) a serious emotional request, especially for something needing action now. plea for something She made an impassioned plea for help. plea (to somebody) (to do something) a plea to industries to stop pollution. He refused to listen to her tearful pleas. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Join us.
1. an earnest entreaty or request: a plea for help. 2. (Law) a. law something alleged or pleaded by or on behalf of a party to legal proceedings in support of his claim or defence. b. criminal law the answer made by an accused to the charge: a plea of guilty. c. (in Scotland and formerly in England) a suit or action at law.
The earliest known use of the noun plea is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for plea is from around 1275, in the Owl and the Nightingale. plea is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French plaid, pleet, plai.
In a court of law, a person's plea is the answer that they give when they have been charged with a crime, saying whether or not they are guilty of that crime. [...]
PLEA meaning: 1 : a serious and emotional request for something often + for; 2 : a statement in which a person who has been accused of a crime says in court that he or she is guilty or not guilty of the crime.
