Plea is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PLEA in dictionary:

VERB:
• to dispute in a court
• entreat
NOUN:
• a request made in an urgent and emotional manner
• a claim that a circumstance means that one should not be blamed for or should not be forced to do something
• a formal statement by or on behalf of a defendant or prisoner, stating guilt or innocence in response to a charge, offering an allegation of fact, or claiming that a point of law should apply
• serious or urgent request, entreaty
• That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern practice, the defendant\'s answer to the plaintiff\'s declaration and demand. 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.
• A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas. See under Common.
• That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification; an excuse; an apology.
• An urgent prayer or entreaty.
• a humble request for help from someone in authority
• (law) a defendant\'s answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
• an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• an entreaty

Words related to PLEA

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Words that contain PLEA

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How to use PLEA in a sentence

• This information, on the plea that it would delay the sale, was withheld.
• Silence was still absent, on the public plea of a headache, and though food was sent to his room, I am inclined to believe he did not touch it, but spent the entire time fasting.
• As the day drew nearer, there arose all over Ireland a wild plea for time, for a little breathing time before being driven into exile.
• He had expected to find a woman claiming his aid, or rather his acquaintance under excuse of a plea for aid.
• Our chronicles are his authentic witnesses, that King John was deposed by the same plea, and Philip Augustus admitted tenant.
• Another strong plea for compromise is the hopelessness of gaining anything better.
• Why did he not try the European side? If he had succeeded there, after failing on the Asiatic, his plea would have been more graceful and gracious.
• By that act they assumed responsibility for the elections, and could not fairly and honorably enter the plea, later on, that the elections were not valid.
• Love shone cunningly through the mask of filial duty, but the plea of urgency was reasonable.
• Watson told us as a matter of form to put in a plea for the fellow, and then condescended to let him off.
• And thus, under plea of raising funds to finish St.
• But I carried a black weight that made my tongue leaden, and I excused myself from table on the plea of going through my mail.
• The question of the fishing party was easily disposed of on the plea of unexpected estate matters which required his supervision.
• Pitt having expressed a laudable indignation at such a large stride towards despotic power, in justification of which nothing could be urged but the plea of necessity, Mr.
• Next he bade the Carthaginians also either to withdraw, or, if they had any just plea to offer, to submit to arbitration.
• As for Duke Casimir of the Wolfmark, no man or woman went near him on any plea whatsoever, save that of asking mercy or favor.
• On one plea or another he deferred the matter until afternoon, and when afternoon came, Isa had gone out.
• The involuntary exclamation did more for him than any plea he could have made.
• However, if she escapes the Duke, she will visit Whitehall and present her plea to his Majesty for his signature.
• It occurred to him that under the plea put forward he would appear to seek shelter from his silence as to her name.
• I must express my opinion that if you endeavor to recover your money on that plea you will be beaten.
• In a plea for the continuance of the Contagious Diseases Ordinance at Singapore, Mr.
• He made a plea for the natural life in which each individual will be his own master instead of being the servant of his possessions.
• The same plea was repeated over and over again without closing the cause.
• Unconnected, however loosely, with the high Imperial argument, I do not believe that this plea could have been used with sincerity by Mr.
• It is a sorry plea indeed for a desperate innovation that it leaves the evils of the existing state of things no worse than they now are.

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