pleading in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for pleading in the English»French Dictionary

I.pleading [Brit ˈpliːdɪŋ, Am ˈplidɪŋ] N

1. pleading U (requests):

pleading

supplications fpl

2. pleading LAW (presentation of a case):

pleading

plaidoirie f

II.pleadings N

pleadings npl LAW (documents):

pleadings

conclusions fpl

III.pleading [Brit ˈpliːdɪŋ, Am ˈplidɪŋ] ADJ

pleading voice, look:

pleading

suppliant

special pleading N

special pleading

argumentation f spéciale

I.plead <pret, pp pleaded Am pled> [Brit pliːd, Am plid] VB trans

1. plead (beg):

plead

supplier

2. plead (argue):

plead

plaider

to plead sb's case LAW fig

plaider la cause de qn

to plead insanity LAW

plaider la démence

3. plead (give as excuse):

to plead ignorance

plaider l'ignorance

she left early, pleading a headache

elle est partie tôt, en prétextant un mal de tête

II.plead <pret, pp pleaded Am pled> [Brit pliːd, Am plid] VB intr

1. plead:

plead (beg)

supplier

plead (more fervently)

implorer

to plead with sb

supplier, implorer qn (to do de faire)

to plead with sb for mercy/forgiveness

implorer la clémence/le pardon de qn

to plead with sb for more time

supplier qn d'accorder plus de temps

2. plead LAW:

plead

plaider

to plead guilty/not guilty (to a charge)

plaider coupable/non coupable

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earnestly plead, pray

avec ardeur

urgently plead

instamment

to plead not guilty

plaider non coupable

Translations for pleading in the French»English Dictionary

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suppliant (suppliante) personne, voix, paroles

pleading

exciper de bonne foi, jeunesse

to plead

exciper de la chose jugée LAW

to plead res judicata

plaider cause, affaire

to plead

plaider la cause de qn

to plead sb's case

plaider la cause de qc

to plead the cause of sth

plaider la légitime défense

to plead self-defence

plaider l'irresponsabilité

to plead diminished responsibility

plaider coupable/non coupable

to plead guilty/not guilty

plaider

to plead (contre against, pour qn on sb's behalf)

plaider pour ou en faveur de qn/qc fig

to plead for sb/sth

plaider pour ou en faveur de qn/qc fig

to plead in favour of sb/sth

plaider pro domo

to plead one's own case

pleading in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pleading in the English»French Dictionary

pleading ADJ

pleading look:

pleading

suppliant(e)

I.plead <pleaded, pleaded> [pli:d] VB intr

1. plead (implore, beg):

plead

implorer

to plead for forgiveness/mercy

implorer le pardon/la grâce

to plead with sb to +infin

implorer qn de +infin

2. plead + adj (answer to a charge in court):

plead

plaider

to plead guilty

plaider coupable

II.plead <pleaded, pleaded> [pli:d] VB trans

1. plead (argue or represent in court):

plead insanity

plaider

to plead sb's case

plaider la cause de qn

2. plead (claim as a pretext):

plead ignorance

invoquer

3. plead (argue for):

plead a cause

défendre

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to plead insanity

plaider une irresponsabilité

to plead for mercy

demander grâce

Translations for pleading in the French»English Dictionary

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plaider la cause de qn

to plead sb's case

plaider irresponsabilité, incompétence

to plead

plaider coupable/non coupable

to plead guilty/not guilty

plaider que l'accusé est très jeune

to plead that the defendant is very young

plaider avocat

to plead

plaider pour/contre qn

to plead for/against sb

plaider (non) coupable

to plead (not) guilty

invoquer circonstance atténuante

to plead

conjurer

to plead with

plaider une cause

to plead a case

classer/plaider une affaire

to close/to plead a case

pleading Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to plead for forgiveness/mercy

implorer le pardon/la grâce

to plead with sb to +infin

implorer qn de +infin

to plead guilty

plaider coupable

to plead sb's case

plaider la cause de qn

to plead insanity

plaider une irresponsabilité

to plead for mercy

demander grâce

to plead that the defendant is very young

plaider que l'accusé est très jeune

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

After pleading guilty to malicious damage, he had the charges of assault and theft dropped.

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Pleading guilty, he was sentenced to four terms of life imprisonment with a recommendation that he should never be released.

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After pleading guilty to misdemeanor forgery and theft charges in connection with his 2010 election campaign he was sentenced to six months in prison.

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Underlying the pleading dispute was the defendants' contention that this was a defamation claim masked as injurious falsehood.

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What he is pleading no contest to is failure to baby-sit and stealing a plant.

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He subsequently addressed an elegiac poem to the king, asking pardon, and pleading for release.

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Wise tried to beg off, pleading that he was too old and infirm, but he was finally goaded into it for sport.

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The following day, being threatened with sentence, he partially submitted, pleading ignorance, and was again committed to prison.

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He was ultimately unable to receive even this pittance, with his employer pleading poverty.

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For nearly 40 years, she labored perseveringly in this work, organizing societies for training teachers, establishing plans for supplying the territories with good educators, writing, pleading, and traveling.

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