plea of guilt
1plea — ► NOUN 1) a request made in an urgent and emotional manner. 2) Law a formal statement by or on behalf of a defendant, stating guilt or innocence in response to a charge, offering an allegation of fact, or claiming that a point of law should apply …
2Plea bargain — A plea bargain (also plea agreement, plea deal or copping a plea) is an agreement in a criminal case whereby the prosecutor offers the defendant the opportunity to plead guilty, usually to a lesser charge or to the original criminal charge with a …
3Plea — 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 …
4plea — 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… …
5plea of not guilty — A plea in a criminal case which denies and controverts the existence of every fact essential to constitute the crime charged or to establish the accused s guilt, placing in issue every essential element of the offense charged. 21 Am J2d Crim L §… …
6plea — noun 1》 a request made in an urgent and emotional manner. 2》 Law a formal statement by or on behalf of a defendant or prisoner, stating guilt or innocence in response to a charge, offering an allegation of fact, or claiming that a point of law… …
7guilt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fact or sense of commission of wrong Nouns 1. guilt, guiltiness, culpability, chargeability, criminality, improbity, sinfulness (see badness). See accusation. 2. (act of doing wrong) misconduct,… …
8plea of guilty — A voluntary plea by an accused admitting the commission of the act charged as a criminal offense, generally permitted except in capital cases. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 484. In a criminal case, an admission or confession of guilt, a submission without… …
9plea of non vult contendere — A plea similar to nolo contendere. The defendant will not contest. Re 17 Club, Inc. 26 NJ Super 43, 97 A2d 171. This is not a confession of guilt, because an accused person might find himself without witnesses to establish his innocence, from… …
10guilty plea — Formal admission in court as to guilt of having committed criminal act charged which a defendant may make if he or she does so intelligently and voluntarily; i.e., accused can only make such plea after he or she has been fully advised of rights… …
