Plea
nounid
105246·updated May 18, 2026verified
(law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
polysemous
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- supplication
- plural
- Pleas
- possessive
- Plea's
- pluralpossessive
- Pleas'
Framework definitions
- §1
- an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
- §2
- (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
- §3
- a humble request for help from someone in authority
- §1 · legacy_primary
- (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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