plea
English Thesaurus
1. an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | due process, due process of law, |
| definition | : | (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards (noun.act) |
| part meronym | : | trial, |
| definition | : | (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law (noun.act) |
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
2. (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | answer, |
| definition | : | the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | counterplea, |
| definition | : | a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's plea (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | dilatory plea, |
| definition | : | a plea that delays the action without settling the cause of action; it can challenge the jurisdiction or claim disability of the defendant etc. (such defenses are usually raised in the defendant's answer) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | insanity plea, plea of insanity, |
| definition | : | (criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time (noun.communication) |
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
3. a humble request for help from someone in authority (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | supplicate, |
| definition | : | ask humbly (for something) (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | supplicate, |
| definition | : | ask humbly (for something) (verb.communication) |
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