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Plead meaning
To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case. | To beg, beseech, or implore, especially emotionally. | To offer by way of excuse.
Example sentences (20)
Either side could plead imparlance in order to get more time to plead on the merits.
This means that to plead a cause of action, the pleader has to plead each element and also allege specific facts which, if proven with evidence at trial, would constitute proof of that element.
A 79-year-old man has appeared in court to plead not guilty to attempting to sexually assault a woman in Llanidloes.
Abrams was referring to the news that President likely avoid jail time under the deal’s terms wherein Hunter will plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges, and admit to the facts of a felony gun charge against him.
According to the Senior Advocate of Nigeria, everybody in the United States has the right to plead privacy, and President Tinubu would not be denied such right.
A fitness to plead investigation is concerned with a defendant's capacity to comprehend court proceedings.
After complaining to services like MenuLog and DoorDash to no avail, Thota is one of many Illawarra businesses to plead with customers over social media to give them another chance.
A pro-abortion extremist caught by police with the help of DNA lifted off a half-eaten burrito is set to plead guilty to the Mother's Day firebombing of a pro-life facility in May 2022.
Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will plead not guilty to involuntary manslaughter, her lawyer has said.
At his arraignment, Trump’s attorney Todd Blanchard, plead not guilty on behalf of former President, Donald J. Trump on 37 federal charges filed against him.
At the outset of the case, defending solicitor Josephine Fitzpatrick asked for all evidence, including whatever CCTV recordings were available, in advance of her client deciding which way he would plead to the charge.
Attorneys for two of the charged officers, Emmitt Martin III and Desmond Mills Jr., said they will plead not guilty.
Beardsley, of Wingrove Avenue, in has now been fined £135 and banned from the roads for 16 months after he appeared at North Tyneside Magistrates' Court to plead guilty to failing to provide a specimen of blood.
But defense attorney Jim Kennedy said that the driver, from the beginning of the case, wanted to plead guilty and accept her responsibility.
But on a couple of charges, I plead slightly less guilty.
Cain is quick to blame Amy for the incident but soon both Amy and Cain plead with Nicola not to call the police.
Deividas Skebas is charged with murdering Lilia Valutyte by stabbing her in broad daylight in Boston, Lincolnshire, last July but is unfit to plead or face trial due to his mental health.
During the trial, Evans plead the Fifth Amendment and refused to testify in court.
Ellis is the fourth defendant to plead guilty.
Finally, the LP flag bearer declared, “I plead to every Nigerian to keep the faith and hope in Nigeria alive.