| plea | an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed |
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| plea | (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) |
| plea | a humble request for help from someone in authority |
| plea | (criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge |
| plea | (criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time |
| plea | interlace the shoots of |
| plea | form or weave into a braid or braids |
| plea | appeal or request earnestly |
| plea | enter a plea, as in courts of law |
| plea | offer as an excuse or plea |
| plea | make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, esp. answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts |
| plea | a lawyer who pleads cases in court |