PLEA


Meaning of PLEA in English

(STATEMENT) [noun] [C] legal - the answer that a person gives in court to the accusation that they have committed a crimeMr Wilson entered a plea of not guilty.Plea bargaining is the making of an agreement in which a person accused of a crime admits that they are guilty of a less serious crime, so that they will not be charged with a more serious one.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.