enter a plea of not guilty
1enter 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 …
2not guilty — n 1: a plea by a criminal defendant who intends to contest the charges compare guilty, nolo contendere ◇ Under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, if a defendant refuses to plead or if the defendant is a corporation that fails to appear the… …
3not guilty — Plea entered by the accused to criminal charge. If the defendant refuses to plead, the court will enter a plea of not guilty. See e.g. Fed.R.Crim.P. 11. Also, the form of the verdict in criminal cases where the jury acquits the defendant; i.e.… …
4not guilty — Plea entered by the accused to criminal charge. If the defendant refuses to plead, the court will enter a plea of not guilty. See e.g. Fed.R.Crim.P. 11. Also, the form of the verdict in criminal cases where the jury acquits the defendant; i.e.… …
5enter 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 …
6enter 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 …
7enter — 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 …
8Plea — 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 …
9plea — n. 1) to enter, make, put forward a plea 2) to answer, respond to a plea 3) to deny, reject a plea 4) (slang) to cop a plea ( to plead guilty to a lesser charge ) 5) an ardent, fervent, impassioned, moving, passionate; urgent plea 6) (to enter) a …
10plea — In common law pleading (now obsolete with adoption of Rules of Civil Procedure) a pleading; any one in the series of pleadings. More particularly, the first pleading on the part of the defendant. In the strictest sense, the answer which the… …
