Plea

plea bargaining

plea bargaining : the negotiation of an agreement between the prosecution and the defense whereby the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser offense or to one or some of multiple offenses usually in exchange for more lenient sentencing recommendations, a specific sentence, or dismissal of other charges plea-bargain vi plea bargain n ...

plea agreement

plea agreement : an agreement reached at the conclusion of plea bargaining : plea bargain ...

petition

petition 1 : a formal written request made to an official person or body (as a court or board) [a for equitable relief] [the creditor filed a for involuntary bankruptcy] 2 : a document embodying a formal written request vt : to direct a petition to [ the court] vi : to make a petition [ for relief] pe·ti·tion·er n ...

Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the presiding judge in the court of Common Pleas, and afterwards in the Common Pleas Division of the High Court of Justice, and one of the ex-officio judges of the High Court of appeal (English) (Jud. Act, 1873, s. 5, and Jud. Act, 1875, s. 4). He had five (formerly four, until 31 & 32 Vict. c.125, see s. 11) puisne judge associated with him. In 1881, after the promotion of Lord Chief Justice Coleridge to the office of Lord Chief Justice of England, the office was abolished by Order in Council under s. 31 of the (English) Jud. Act, 1873, and merged in that of Lord Chief Justice of England....

Peremptory pleas, or pleas in bar

Peremptory pleas, or pleas in bar, those which were founded on some matter tending to impeach the right of action....

Special pleas

Special pleas, pleas not in the form of what were called general issues, but which allege affirmative matter, as infancy, coverture, statute of limitations, etc., see DEFENCE.Special pleas in bar in criminal matters go to the merits of the indictment, and give a reason why the prisoner ought to be discharged from the prosecution: they are of four kinds, viz., a former acquittal, a former conviction, a former attainder, or a pardon...

Foreign plea

Foreign plea, a plea objecting to the jurisdiction of a judge, on the ground that he had not cognizance of the subject-matter of the suit....

Trial of an election petition

Trial of an election petition, is the entire process of litigation from its first step by the tribunal to its disposal and includes matter prior to the actual hearing of the petition. The matters relating to the service of summons, calling for and finalizing the pleadings, and setting the issues, are all constituent stages of the trial, Duryodhan v. Sitaram, AIR 1970 All 1....

Right, Petition of

Right, Petition of. See PETITION OF RIGHT...

Plea [fr. plee, Fr.]. this was the name of a defendant's answer of fact to a plaintiff's declaration; anciently a suit or action.Pleas were divided into common pleas, relating to civil causes, and pleas of the Crown, relating to criminal prosecutions.At Common Law pleas were divided into:(1) Dilatory; which were subdivided into:(a) To the jurisdiction of the Court.(b) In suspension of the action,(c) In abatement of the writ or declaration, and:(2) Peremptory, i.e., in bar of the action.The distinction between these two classes of pleas was that the dilatory showed some ground for quashing the declaration, the peremptory for defeating the action. Consult Bullen and Leake, or Odgers on Pleading, and Ch. Arch. Practice.In equity, a plea was resorted to by a defendant when an objection was not apparent on the bill itself, or, as the technical phrase was, where it arose from matter dehors the bill, other matter being dealt with by 'Answer' (see that title).A defendant now raises his defence...

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