plea

Etymology
From, from , , from , neuter of , past participle of. Cognate with 🇨🇬. . See also,.

Noun

 * 1) An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
 * 2) An excuse; an apology.
 * 3) That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.
 * 4)  That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause.
 * 5)  An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer.
 * 6)  The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand.
 * 7)  A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the.
 * 8) * 1782, "An Act establishing a Supreme Judicial Court within the Commonwealth", quoted in The Constitutional History of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Frank Washburn Grinnell, 1917, page 434
 * they or any three of them shall be a Court and have cognizance of pleas real, personal, and mixed.
 * 1)  An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer.
 * 2)  The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand.
 * 3)  A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the.
 * 4) * 1782, "An Act establishing a Supreme Judicial Court within the Commonwealth", quoted in The Constitutional History of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Frank Washburn Grinnell, 1917, page 434
 * they or any three of them shall be a Court and have cognizance of pleas real, personal, and mixed.

Usage notes
In 19th-century U.K. law, that which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant’s plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why the suit should be either dismissed, delayed, or barred. In criminal practice, the plea is the defendant’s formal answer to the indictment or information presented against him/her.

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Verb

 * 1)  To plead; to argue.