Plea 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 21
/pliː/ (noun)
a serious request, appeal, entreaty, petition, solicitation, imploration, call, supplication – the defendant’s answer to charge or accusation, defense, claim, justification, statement, excuse, explanation
The court may, with the consent of the prosecutor, accept that plea of guilty and, if the plea is accepted, the court shall find the accused or defendant not guilty of the offence charged and find him guilty of the offence in respect of which the plea of guilty was accepted and enter those findings in the record of the court.
Source: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/
Antonyms: demand, denial
