Definizione monolingua

plea

plea (plural pleas)

1. An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.

   a plea for mercy

2. An excuse; an apology.

   1667, Necessity, the tyrant’s plea. --John Milton, Paradise Lost IV.393

   (Can we date this quote?) No plea must serve; ‘t is cruelty to spare. -- Sir John Denham.

3. That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.
4. (law) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause.
5. (law) An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer.
6. (law) The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand.
7. (law) A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas. See under Common.

   (Can we date this quote?) The Supreme Judicial Court shall have cognizance of pleas real, personal, and mixed. --Laws of Massachusetts.

Definizione dizionario plea

appello

argomento

causa

eccezione

giustificazione

petizione

preghiera

pretesto

richiesta

scusa

supplica

Altri significati:

(Can we date this quote?) '''No plea must serve; ‘t is cruelty to spare.''' -- Sir John Denham.

appeal, petition, entreaty

An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.

(Can we date this quote?) '''The Supreme Judicial Court shall have cognizance of pleas real, personal, and mixed.''' --Laws of Massachusetts.

that which is presented in defense or justification

law: cause in court

law: defendant's answer to plaintiff’s declaration

(law) The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand.

That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.

(law) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause.

(law) A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas. See under Common.

An excuse; an apology.

(law) An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer.

excuse