plea English

Meaning plea meaning

What does plea mean?

plea

— noun (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)

— noun an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed

— noun (= supplication) a humble request for help from someone in authority

Synonyms plea synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as plea?

plea English » English

appeal

request

entreaty

excuse

pretext

supplication

petition

argument

defense

prayer

apology

justification

reason

pleading

plead

order

complaint

answer

pretence

motion

ground

foundation

demand

defence

debate

claim

beg

ask

application

alibi

wish

warning

verbal message

testimony

support

suppliance

suit

statement

solicitation

solicit

response

reply

rejoinder

reaction

question

prohibition

pretense

please

overture

invite

Topics plea topics

What do people use plea to talk about?

Language and thought Want

Request

• What words refer to what is said when a person pleads?
  plea entreaty

Examples plea examples

How do I use plea in a sentence?

Simple sentences

God, hear my plea.

Movie subtitles

Mr. Vanderhof, on the charge of disturbing the peace you and the rest of your family are, by your own plea, guilty.

I'm aware of that, and I'm also aware of what a plea of 'not guilty' means when made by non-residents of the state.

No, wait a minute, a plea.

All he can do is get me out of here on an insanity plea.

A plea of guilty, and I'll do what I can with the courts.

If Your Honor please I move to dismiss the charge of attempted murder and to permit her to withdraw her plea of not guilty for the purpose of entering a new plea.

I'm informed by defendant's counsel that she will enter a plea of guilty to the charge of manslaughter.

I feel this plea will be satisfactory to the people and in the interest of justice.

He got away with it last time with a plea of self-defense.

Robbing the poor box or copping a plea.

He's rehearsing his plea.

Have you reached any decision about the plea?

Then either he or your other ape sitting over there could beat me to death. and cop a plea of self-defense.

I'm going over to Barnaby to make a final plea.

There, gentlemen, is the direct result of listening to my plea.

It supplies an excellent basis for a plea of self-defence.

Of course you realize your plea of self defence relies solely on this other man. Unless he appears and admits quarrelling with her prior to your arrival.

He thinks he's a lawyer. He's rehearsing his plea.

Mr Prosecutor, you can make your plea now.

You had a perfect self-defence plea.

Or she may be laying a foundation for an insanity plea.

Do you mean to plea insanity in your defense?

Mr. Prosecutor, you can make your plea.

Colonel, would you like to make your plea?

The defense feels his faculties should be spared for the cross-examination by my learned friend for the prosecution. This is not a plea for any indulgence.

Mr TracepurceI and Mr Kite were both emphatic in their plea that your behaviour could only be explained by ill health, brought on by overwork.

Well, now look, if you're trying to lay some psychiatric groundwork for some sort of plea, this fellow would like to cop.

A plea of not guilty will be entered.

The important thing now is to get our first plea ready.

However, in actual practise the first plea is not usually read by the court at all.

Hear my plea three times o'er!

Mr. Spock has again waived counsel and has entered a plea of guilty.

News and current affairs

A new prosecutor revived the investigation, reinstated the charges, and balked at accepting a plea of not guilty due to insanity.

In his recent speech to the annual, elite central-banking conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the Bank of England's Andy Haldane made a forceful plea for a return to simplicity in banking regulation.

The public, categorical rejection of Germany's silent plea by countries that continue to benefit massively from European solidarity will not be easily forgotten.

Rather than making really substantive improvements in the quantity and quality of aid delivery, not to mention finding a path towards better governance in Africa, they chose a desperate plea for photo ops with Bono and Angelina Jolie.

He grumbles that Clinton hardly opened her mouth, which he interprets to mean that his plea was not well received.

The caveat consists in a plea that Israel made to the US.

My plea to discuss plans and strategies alongside specific emissions targets might seem to risk impeding the negotiations.

The US is not making a demand as much as it is issuing a plea for help.

The majority Shia and their Kurdish allies rejected Bush's plea to Iraqi politicians to modify the new draft constitution to attract disgruntled Sunni Arabs.

Khrushchev had assented to Ulbricht's plea that only a physical barrier would maintain the viability of the East German state.

Sadly, what we actually get is plea bargains in which all relevant details are kept secret.