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Grammar : Noun
Spell : plee
Phonetic Transcription : pli

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Définition of plea

Origin :
  • early 13c., "lawsuit," from Anglo-French plai (late 12c.), Old French plait "lawsuit, decision, decree" (9c.), from Medieval Latin placitum "lawsuit," in classical Latin, "opinion, decree," literally "that which pleases, thing which is agreed upon," properly neuter past participle of placere (see please). Sense development seems to be from "something pleasant," to "something that pleases both sides," to "something that has been decided." Meaning "a pleading, an agreement in a suit" is attested from late 14c. Plea-bargaining is first attested 1963. Common pleas (early 13c.) originally were legal proceedings over which the Crown did not claim exclusive jurisdiction (as distinct from pleas of the Crown); later "actions brought by one subject against another."
  • noun begging request
  • noun excuse, defense
Example sentences :
  • Life shelves them on the plea that they are old; but that is not the reason.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Truly then his plea of exhaustion would not be without excuse!
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • Burke, however, shook his head in remonstrance against Gilder's plea.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The plea touched to the bottom of her heart, but she could not, would not yield.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Again, Garson shook his head in absolute refusal of her plea.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • He had no plea for himself; he saw that it would be useless.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Miss Linda was fairly eloquent in the plea she made on his behalf.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Canrobert declined the proposed mission on the plea of ill-health.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • Her plea was modest, but so expressed as to be irresistible.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • He would scorn the plea himself—he has scorned it all his life.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

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