Definition of plead

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Plead (v. t.) To allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the rights of ambassadors..

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Unpleaded :: Unpleaded (a.) Not used as a plea; not urged; as, an unpleaded excuse..
Pleadable :: Pleadable (a.) Capable of being pleaded; capable of being alleged in proof, defense, or vindication; as, a right or privilege pleadable at law..
Plea :: Plea (n.) That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology..
Implead :: Implead (v. t.) To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach..
Countreplete :: Countreplete (v. t.) To counterplead.
Draughtsman :: Draughtsman (n.) One who draws pleadings or other writings.
Issue :: Issue (v. i.) In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which the parties join issue..
Entreative :: Entreative (a.) Used in entreaty; pleading.
Enterplead :: Enterplead (v. i.) Same as Interplead.
Pleadings :: Pleadings (n. pl.) The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue is joined, and the question made to rest on some single point..
Count :: Count (v. i.) To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count.
Impleading :: Impleading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Implea.
Replead :: Replead (v. t. & i.) To plead again.
Jeofail :: "Jeofail (n.) An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight..
Plead :: Plead (v. t.) To allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the rights of ambassadors..
Exception :: Exception (n.) An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted..
Plead :: Plead (v. t.) To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carry on the allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry on a suit or plea..
Scandal :: Scandal (n.) Anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners..
Impleaded :: Impleaded (imp. & p. p.) of Implea.
Solicit :: Solicit (v. t.) To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
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