different between plea vs announcement
plea
English
Etymology
From Middle English ple, from Old French plait, plaid, from Medieval Latin placitum (“a decree, sentence, suit, plea, etc., Latin an opinion, determination, prescription, order; literally, that which is pleasing, pleasure”), neuter of placitus, past participle of placere (“to please”). Cognate with Spanish pleito (“lawsuit, suit”). Doublet of placit and placate. See also please, pleasure.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pli?/
- Rhymes: -i?
Noun
plea (plural pleas)
- An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
- a plea for mercy
- An excuse; an apology.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost IV.393
- Necessity, the tyrant’s plea.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost IV.393
- That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.
- (law) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause.
- (law) An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer.
- (law) The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand.
- (law) A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas.
- 1782, "An Act establishing a Supreme Judicial Court within the Commonwealth", quoted in The Constitutional History of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Frank Washburn Grinnell, 1917, page 434
- they or any three of them shall be a Court and have cognizance of pleas real, personal, and mixed.
- 1782, "An Act establishing a Supreme Judicial Court within the Commonwealth", quoted in The Constitutional History of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Frank Washburn Grinnell, 1917, page 434
Usage notes
In 19th-century U.K. law, that which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant’s plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why the suit should be either dismissed, delayed, or barred. In criminal practice, the plea is the defendant’s formal answer to the indictment or information presented against him/her.
Related terms
- pleas of the crown
- plead
- pleasant
- please
- pleasurable
- pleasure
Synonyms
- plaidoyer
Translations
Verb
plea (third-person singular simple present pleas, present participle pleaing, simple past and past participle pleaed)
- (chiefly England regional, Scotland) To plead; to argue. [from 15th c.]
- 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner:
- With my riches, my unhappiness was increased tenfold; and here, with another great acquisition of property, for which I had pleaed, and which I had gained in a dream, my miseries and difficulties were increasing.
- 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner:
Further reading
- plea in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- plea in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- plea at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Alep, LEAP, Lape, Leap, Peal, e-pal, leap, pale, pale-, peal, pela
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announcement
- For Wiktionary's announcements, see Wiktionary:Announcements
English
Etymology
announce +? -ment
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??na?ns.m?nt/
Noun
announcement (plural announcements)
- An act of announcing, or giving notice.
- He raised his hand to make his announcement and said "Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make.
- That which conveys what is announced.
- This announcement was made during the first training session.
- The content which is announced.
- The announcement implied that somebody needed a spare Toshiba charger.
Synonyms
- proclamation
- publication
Translations
References
- announcement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “announcement” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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