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Definition of Pleads
1. plead [v] - See also: plead
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleads
Literary usage of Pleads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Othello: A Tragedy in Five Acts by William Shakespeare, Tommaso Salvini, James Henry Mapleson (1876)
"... for, while this honest fool Plies Desdemona to repair his fortunes, And she
for him pleads strongly to the Moor, 111 pour this pestilence into his ear,— ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Executors and Administrators by Edward Vaughan Williams, Walter Vere Vaughan Williams (1877)
"ter, and he pleads any plea which admits that he has acted as such, (except a
release to ... (i) As where the defendant pleads non est factum testatoris, ..."
3. A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions: Comprising a by Henry John Stephen, Samuel Williston (1895)
"*It is proposed, first, to consider the case of [* 341] a party's alleging title
in himself, or in another whose authority he pleads; next, ..."
4. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, New York (State). Governor, 1801-1804 (George Clinton), Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1902)
"r 45 Days service, pleads guilty of the Charge; therefore, the Court sentence
him to ;.iy a fine of Two pounds Eight shillings in specia or the Exchange ..."
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