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The use of "pleaded" versus "pled" as the past tense version of "pleading" has been a subject of controversy among many of those that practice law. [14] "Pled" is almost never used in Australian publications, while being somewhat common in American, British, and Canadian publications. [15]
In law, a plea is a defendant's response to a criminal charge. [1] A defendant may plead guilty or not guilty. Depending on jurisdiction, additional pleas may be available, including nolo contendere (no contest), no case to answer (in the United Kingdom), or an Alford plea (in the United States).
For the U.S., I did a search of U.S. Supreme Court opinions here, and found that pleaded is about 200 times more common than pled. 184.171.208.24 05:58, 7 April 2014 (UTC) Really? That's unfortunate. Personally, I use pled for "offered a formal plea in a court of law", and reserve pleaded for "importuned earnestly". I'm probably not completely ...
Notice pleading is the dominant form of pleading used in the United States today. [2] In 1938, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were adopted. One goal of these rules was to relax the strict rules of code pleading.
plead – pleaded/pled – pleaded/pled; pre- : for prepay, preset, etc. see pay, set, etc. prove – proved – proved/proven; put – put – put [prefixed forms input and output sometimes take -ed] quit – quitted/quit – quitted/quit; re- : for redo, remake, etc. see do, make, etc. read /riːd/ – read /rɛd/ – read /rɛd/ rend ...
A nolo contendere plea has the same immediate effects as a plea of guilty, but may have different residual effects or consequences in future actions. For instance, a conviction arising from a nolo contendere plea is subject to any and all penalties, fines, and forfeitures of a conviction from a guilty plea in the same case, and can be considered as an aggravating factor in future criminal actions.
A plea bargain, also known as a plea agreement or plea deal, is a legal arrangement in criminal law where the defendant agrees to plead guilty or no contest to a charge in exchange for concessions from the prosecutor.
In United States law, an Alford plea, also called a Kennedy plea in West Virginia, [1] an Alford guilty plea, [2] [3] [4] and the Alford doctrine, [5] [6] [7] is a guilty plea in criminal court, [8] [9] [10] whereby a defendant in a criminal case does not admit to the criminal act and asserts innocence, but accepts imposition of a sentence.