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ENTREATY |
Plea |
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ALIBI |
Defence plea |
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SELFDEFENCE |
Plea in mitigation |
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SELF DEFENCE |
Plea in mitigation (4-7) |
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DEFENCE |
Protecting plea; vindication; justification. |
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PLACATE |
Pacify cat in desperate plea |
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PLEAT |
Plea to remove last tuck |
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REPLY |
To answer a defendant's plea. |
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MAPLE |
One thousand make plea for tree |
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COLA |
Echo plea to remove odd beverage |
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DEFERENCE |
About to enter plea for submission |
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PLEASANT |
Plea for heartless saint to be amiable |
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IMPLEADABLE |
Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous. |
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SNAG |
Hitch in the latest news on plea bargaining |
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ADVOCATION |
The act of advocating or pleading; plea; advocacy. |
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VERFICATION |
A formal phrase used in concluding a plea. |
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PLACITUM |
A plea; a pleading; a judicial proceeding; a suit. |
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NON ASSUMPSIT |
The general plea or denial in an action of assumpsit. |
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UNPLEADED |
Not used as a plea; not urged; as, an unpleaded excuse. |
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BAR |
A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's
action. |
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ANTISTROPHE |
The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against
him. |
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REBUT |
To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or
countervailing proof. |
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EXCUSATORY |
Making or containing excuse or apology; apologetical;
as, an excusatory plea. |
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REPLICATION |
The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the
defendant's plea. |
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NON EST FACTUM |
The plea of the general issue in an action of debt on
bond. |