plea /pliː/noun 7verb 1forms 3 noun7 •an urgent request made to someone with strong feelingEven if only one person answers my plea for someone to correspond with it will be a blessing. — 1981 •The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand. •An excuse; an apology.Necessity, the tyrant’s plea. — 1667 •That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification. •That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause. •An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer. •A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas.they or any three of them shall be a Court and have cognizance of pleas real, personal, and mixed. — 1782 verb1 •(Scotland) To plead; to argue. formspleaed · pleaing · pleas
