plea
101plea of guilty — A voluntary plea by an accused admitting the commission of the act charged as a criminal offense, generally permitted except in capital cases. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 484. In a criminal case, an admission or confession of guilt, a submission without… …
102plea of limitations — A pleading which invokes the protection of the statute of limitations in a civil case. 34 Am J1st Lim Ac § 428. A special plea of the statute of limitations in a criminal case. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 160 …
103plea of non possumus — A plea of want of capacity …
104plea of non vult contendere — A plea similar to nolo contendere. The defendant will not contest. Re 17 Club, Inc. 26 NJ Super 43, 97 A2d 171. This is not a confession of guilt, because an accused person might find himself without witnesses to establish his innocence, from… …
105plea of pregnancy — A plea interposed in a criminal prosecution whereby the execution of a pregnant woman is sought to be stayed by reason of her pregnancy …
106plea of prior jeopardy — A special plea in bar, required in some jurisdictions although not in others, to present the defense of former jeopardy. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 473. See prior jeopardy …
107plea of sanctuary — A plea anciently allowed in criminal cases under which the defendant, accused of any crime except treason or sacrilege, might set up the privilege of sanctuary. That is, he might flee to a church or churchyard, and within forty days thereafter go …
108plea in abatement — a plea that postpones or defeats a cause of action not on the merits of the controversy but for some defect in or matter of form or procedure …
109plea in bar — a plea entered by the defendant that constitutes a bar to the plaintiff s action …
110plea in confession and avoidance — a plea admitting that the plaintiff once had a good cause of action as alleged but that it is barred by some subsequent or collateral matter pleaded in defense (as a repeal of the statute on which the cause of action is founded) …
