Plead definitions

Plead

1) Act the advocate 2) Allege in defense 3) Answer a charge 4) Answer a court charge 5) Appeal 6) Appeal earnestly 7) Appeal humbly 8) Appeal or request earnestly 9) Argue 10) Argue a case 11) Argue at the bar 12) Argue in court 13) Ask in earnest 14) Assert in court 15) Beg and then some 16) Beg for mercy
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Plead

1) Adjure 2) Appeal 3) Ask 4) Beg 5) Beseech 6) Entreat 7) Implore 8) Intervene 9) Sue
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plead

v. 1) in civil lawsuits and petitions, to file any document (pleading) including complaints, petitions, declarations, motions and memoranda of points and authorities. 2) in criminal law, to enter a plea of a defendant in response to each charge of criminal conduct.
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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 car...
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Plead

It is filing of written documents with the court in civil cases, to put a request for justice. In criminal cases it can be referred to the plea by the defendant against the claims by the plaintiff, in the written form.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21213

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Plead

when a person formally says 'guilty' or 'not guilty' in court to a crime they are charged with
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Plead

Plead transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pleaded (colloq. Plead or Pled ); present participle & verbal noun Pleading .] [ Middle English pleden , plaiden , Old French plaidier, French plaider
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plead

address a court of law as an advocate 
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Plead

1) In civil lawsuits and petitions, the filing of any document (pleading) or the act of making an assertion or allegation in a legal proceeding. 2) In criminal law, the entry of plea of a defendant in response to each charge of criminal conduct.
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plead

[v] - make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, esp. answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts 2. [v] - offer as an excuse or plea 3. [v] - enter a plea, as in courts of law 4. [v] - appeal or request earnestly
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