plea: (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
answer: the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
chorus frog: any of several small North American frogs having a loud call