plea

n.
1.that which is claimed 要求。
△Mer.4.1.198: “Though justice be thy plea,consider this.”虽然你所要求的是王法，可是也请你想一想。
△L.L.L.2.1.7:“theplea of no less weight / Than Aquitaine.”提出的要求乃是索还阿奎丹一省。
2. ❶that which is claimed (in a lawcourt). （在法院的）陈诉。
❷law-suit 官司，案件。
△Mer.3.2.75: “In law,what plea so tainted and corrupt / But,being sea-soned with a gracious voice,/ Obscures the show of e-vil?”在法律上，有什么肮脏腐败的案情，不可以用花言巧语炮制一下，把罪恶遮掩起来？

plea[pli:]

n.答辩，抗辩，请求，恳求，辩解
◇pleas in bar 法庭上答辩
‖ plea bargaining认罪协议
plea of incompetence否认管辖权的抗辩
plea of public policy以公共秩序为由的抗辩
the court of common pleas高等民事法庭