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enter a plea of guilty — enter a plea of guilty/not guilty ► LAW to officially state that you are guilty/not guilty of a crime in a court of law Main Entry: ↑enter … Financial and business terms
enter a plea of guilty/not guilty — ► LAW to officially state that you are guilty/not guilty of a crime in a court of law Main Entry: ↑enter … Financial and business terms
enter a plea of not guilty — enter a plea of guilty/not guilty ► LAW to officially state that you are guilty/not guilty of a crime in a court of law Main Entry: ↑enter … Financial and business terms
enter a plea — submit a defense argument in a court of law … English contemporary dictionary
enter — en‧ter [ˈentə ǁ ər] verb [transitive] 1. if people or goods enter a country, they arrive there: • A lot of goods are fraudulently and illegally entering the US. 2. COMMERCE if a company enters a market, it starts selling goods or services in that … Financial and business terms
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 — [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:] 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 — [ 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 — 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
