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plead definition - legal

v

To make a plea of “guilty” or “not guilty” in court in response to a criminal charge; to file a pleading; to answer a plaintiff’s common law declaration.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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