Plea definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PLEA, n. [L. lis, litis.] 1. In law, that which is ... is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's plea. Pleas are dilatory, or pleas to the action. Dilatory pleas ... or justification; an excuse; an apology; as the tyrant's plea. When such occasions are, No plea must serve; 'tis cruelty to spare. 4. Urgent prayer or ... humble request for help from someone in authority [syn: supplication, plea] 2: (law) a defendant's answer by a factual ...
plea bargain definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (criminal ... a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees ... a more serious charge; "his admission was part of a plea bargain with the prosecutor"; "plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming congested" [syn: plea bargain, plea bargaining] Merriam Webster's noun see plea bargaining Collin' ...
plea bargaining definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (criminal ... a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees ... a more serious charge; "his admission was part of a plea bargain with the prosecutor"; "plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming congested" [syn: plea bargain, plea bargaining] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1964 the negotiation ...
Plea in bar definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary 4. A bank ... a court or district; the legal profession. (d) A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action. 7. Any ... to prevent. Matter in bar, or Defence in bar, a plea which is a final defense in an action. Plea in bar, a plea which goes to bar or defeat the plaintiff's action ...
Special plea in bar definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Special Spe"cial ... Daniell. Special issue (Law), an issue produced upon a special plea. --Stephen. Special jury (Law), a jury consisting of persons of ... a partnership in a particular business, operation, or adventure. Special plea in bar (Law), a plea setting forth particular and new matter, distinguished from the general ...
Peremptory plea definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Peremptory Per"emp*to*ry ... under Challenge. Peremptory mandamus, a final and absolute mandamus. Peremptory plea, a plea by a defendant tending to impeach the plaintiff's right of action; a plea in bar. Syn: Decisive; positive; absolute; authoritative; express; arbitrary; dogmatical ...
dilatory plea definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a plea that delays the action without settling the cause of action ... his dilatory policy to bear upon hi? adversary. --Motley. Dilatory plea (Law), a plea designed to create delay in the trial of a cause ...
insanity plea definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time [syn: insanity plea, plea of insanity]
plea of insanity definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time [syn: insanity plea, plea of insanity]
Issuable plea definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Issuable Is"su*a*ble ... be issued; as, a writ issuable on these grounds. Issuable plea (Law), a plea to the merits, on which the adverse party may take ...
Plea in abatement definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Abatement A*bate ... possessor, before the heir or devisee. --Blackstone. Defense in abatement, Plea in abatement, (Law), plea to the effect that from some formal defect (e.g ...
Double plea definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Double Dou"ble, a. [OE ... two players are put out at the same time. Double plea (Law), a plea alleging several matters in answer to the declaration, where either ...
plea-bargain definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: agree ... plead guilty in return for a lesser charge; "If he plea-bargains, he will be sent to a medium-security prison for 8 years" Merriam Webster's intransitive verb see plea bargaining
Declinatory plea definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Declinatory De*clin"a*to ... as of submission to a charge or sentence. --Blackstone. Declinatory plea (O. Eng. Law), the plea of sanctuary or of benefit of clergy, before trial or ...