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Definition of Pleas
1. plea [n] - See also: plea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleas
Literary usage of Pleas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"In that case the pleas had not been tiled as In this, but were rejected by the
... After showing clearly that the pleas tendered In that case were not parts ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"That the said pleas do not set forth with any reasonable certainty the ...
To each of these pleas the defendant demurred specially, and assigned for causes: ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"Demurrers to the pleas of breach of warranty and some pleas of false representation
were ... The case went to trial on the 17th, 21st, 26th, and 27th pleas. ..."
4. A History of English Law by William Searle Holdsworth, John Burke (1903)
"The court of Common pleas. 2. The court of King's Bench. 3. ... I. The court of
Common pleas. We have seen that at the end of John's reign there was clearly ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1911)
"He demurred to the remaining pleas, and upon some of these demurrers the court
were divided. All that need to be stated in explanation of the case, ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Cases in which the crown wus a party early became known as pleas of the crown
... pleas to the jurisdiction or in abatement do not go to ^he merits of the ..."
7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"In that case the pleas had not been tiled as In this, but were rejected by the
... After showing clearly that the pleas tendered In that case were not parts ..."
8. United States Supreme Court Reportsby Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"That the said pleas do not set forth with any reasonable certainty the ...
To each of these pleas the defendant demurred specially, and assigned for causes: ..."
9. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"Demurrers to the pleas of breach of warranty and some pleas of false representation
were ... The case went to trial on the 17th, 21st, 26th, and 27th pleas. ..."
10. A History of English Law by William Searle Holdsworth, John Burke (1903)
"The court of Common pleas. 2. The court of King's Bench. 3. ... I. The court of
Common pleas. We have seen that at the end of John's reign there was clearly ..."
11. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1911)
"He demurred to the remaining pleas, and upon some of these demurrers the court
were divided. All that need to be stated in explanation of the case, ..."
12. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Cases in which the crown wus a party early became known as pleas of the crown
... pleas to the jurisdiction or in abatement do not go to ^he merits of the ..."
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