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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: plead (0.01095 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to plead.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: plead membela
English → English (WordNet) Definition: plead plead v 1: appeal or request earnestly; “I pleaded with him to stop” 2: offer as an excuse or plea; “She was pleading insanity” 3: enter a plea, as in courts of law; “She pleaded not guilty” 4: make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts [also: pled]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Plead Plead \Plead\, v. t. 1. To discuss, defend, and attempt to maintain by arguments or reasons presented to a tribunal or person having uthority to determine; to argue at the bar; as, to plead a cause before a court or jury. [1913 Webster] Every man should plead his own matter. --Sir T. More. [1913 Webster] Note: In this sense, argue is more generally used by lawyers. [1913 Webster] 2. To allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for repelling a demand in law; to answer to an indictment; as, to plead usury; to plead statute of limitations; to plead not guilty. --Kent. [1913 Webster] 3. To allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the rights of ambassadors. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] I will neither plead my age nor sickness, in excuse of faults. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Plead \Plead\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pleaded (colloq. Pleador Pled); p. pr. & vb. n. Pleading.] [OE. pleden, plaiden, OF. plaidier, F. plaider, fr. LL. placitare, fr. placitum. See Plea.] 1. To argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing; to attempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; to speak by way of persuasion; as, to plead for the life of a criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father. [1913 Webster] O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbor! --Job xvi. 21. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carry on the allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry on a suit or plea. --Blackstone. Burrill. Stephen. [1913 Webster] 3. To contend; to struggle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Plead \Plead\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pleaded (colloq. Pleador Pled); p. pr. & vb. n. Pleading.] [OE. pleden, plaiden, OF. plaidier, F. plaider, fr. LL. placitare, fr. placitum. See Plea.] 1. To argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing; to attempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; to speak by way of persuasion; as, to plead for the life of a criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father. [1913 Webster] O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbor! --Job xvi. 21. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carry on the allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry on a suit or plea. --Blackstone. Burrill. Stephen. [1913 Webster] 3. To contend; to struggle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

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