make a plea

См. также в других словарях:

• plea — [pliː] noun [countable usually singular] LAW a statement by someone in a court of law, saying whether they are guilty of a crime or not: • Your honor, we enter (= make ) a plea of not guilty . * * …   Financial and business terms

• plea — [ pli ] noun count ** 1. ) an urgent or emotional request for something: plea for: The police ignored her pleas for help. make a plea: The boy s parents have made an emotional plea for him to come home. 2. ) LEGAL a statement that someone makes… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Plea bargain — A plea bargain (also plea agreement, plea deal or copping a plea) is an agreement in a criminal case whereby the prosecutor offers the defendant the opportunity to plead guilty, usually to a lesser charge or to the original criminal charge with a …   Wikipedia

• plea — noun 1 (C) an urgent, serious or emotional request: make a plea (for): The missing girl s parents made a desperate plea for her to contact them. 2 (countable usually singular) a statement by someone in a court of law saying whether they are… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• plea */*/ — UK [pliː] / US [plɪ] noun [countable] Word forms plea : singular plea plural pleas 1) an urgent or emotional request for something plea for: The police ignored her pleas for help. make a plea: The boy s parents have made an emotional plea for him …   English dictionary

• plea — / plē/ n [Anglo French plei plai legal action, trial, from Old French plait plaid, from Medieval Latin placitum, from Latin, decision, decree, from neuter of placitus, past participle of placēre to please, be decided] 1 a: an allegation of fact… …   Law dictionary

• plea — [pli:] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: plait, plaid, from Latin placitum decision , from placere; PLEASE2] 1.) a request that is urgent or full of emotion plea for ▪ a plea for help ▪ Caldwell made a plea for donations …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• plea bargain agreement — make an agreement in which a criminal pleads guilty to a lesser charge in order to ensure a conviction …   English contemporary dictionary

• plea — n. 1) to enter, make, put forward a plea 2) to answer, respond to a plea 3) to deny, reject a plea 4) (slang) to cop a plea ( to plead guilty to a lesser charge ) 5) an ardent, fervent, impassioned, moving, passionate; urgent plea 6) (to enter) a …   Combinatory dictionary

• Plea — For the pygmy backswimmer genus, see Plea (insect). In legal terms, a plea is simply an answer to a claim made by someone in a civil or criminal case under common law using the adversary system. Colloquially, a plea has come to mean the assertion …   Wikipedia

• plea — noun 1 request ADJECTIVE ▪ desperate, strong, urgent ▪ emotional, heartfelt, impassioned, passionate ▪ She made an emotional plea for her daugh …   Collocations dictionary