Pronunciations (2)
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/pliː/
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pliː
Noun
An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
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Even if only one person answers my plea for someone to correspond with it will be a blessing.
a plea for mercy
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make a plea
An excuse; an apology.
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Necessity, the tyrant’s plea.
No Plea must serve; ’tis cruelty to spare.
That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.
That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause.
An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer.
The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand.
A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas.
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they or any three of them shall be a Court and have cognizance of pleas real, personal, and mixed.
Verb
To plead; to argue.
Usage- England
- Scotland
- Regional
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With my riches, my unhappiness was increased tenfold; and here, with another great acquisition of property, for which I had pleaed, and which I had gained in a dream, my miseries and difficulties were increasing.
Noun
a humble request for help from someone in authority
- Synonyms
(law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
- Broader terms
an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
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