English

Pronunciation
SAMPA|/pli:/
rhymes|i�

Noun
en-noun

1. context|law That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause.
2. context|law More strictly, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer.
3. context|law Still more strictly, the defendant�s answer to the plaintiff�s declaration and demand.
4. context|law A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas. See under Common.

#: rfdate The Supreme Judicial Court shall have cognizance of pleas real, personal, and mixed. --Laws of Massachusetts.

1. That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology.

#: rfdate Necessity, the tyrant�s plea. --Milton.
#: rfdate No plea must serve; �t is cruelty to spare. --Denham.

1. An urgent prayer or entreaty.

Usage notes
In 19th century U.K. law, 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/her.

Related terms
pleas of the crown
plead

Translations
trans-top|answer to plaintiff�s declaration
Dutch: t|nl|pleidooi|n
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trans-top|cause in court
Dutch: t+|nl|zaak|f, t+|nl|rechtszaak|f
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trans-top|excuse
Dutch: t|nl|pleidooi|n
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Japanese: Jpan|�解 (Jpan|����, benkai)
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trans-top|urgent prayer
Dutch: t|nl|pleidooi|n, t|nl|smeekbede|f
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ttbc|Arabic: Arab|دع�� �ضائ�ة IPAchar|(dá�wa qa�a�íyya) f
ttbc|Chinese: 请� (q�ngqiú)
ttbc|Finnish: vetoomus
ttbc|French: supplication f
ttbc|German: Plädoyer n
ttbc|Hungarian: véd�beszéd
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ttbc|Italian: supplica f
ttbc|Korean: �청 (gancheong)
ttbc|Portuguese: súplica f
ttbc|Russian: оп�авдание (opravdánije) n
ttbc|Spanish: súplica f
ttbc|Swedish: försvar c
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fr:plea
io:plea
pl:plea
fi:plea
te:plea
vi:plea
zh:plea

• 2007-11-30 16:46 - Tohru - /* Translations */ ja ttbc

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