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plea
A	noun
	1	plea
			an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚due process; due process of law ╚plea
	2	plea
			(law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚pleading ╚answer ╚plea ╚insanity plea; plea of insanity ╚dilatory plea ╚counterplea
	3	supplication, plea
			a humble request for help from someone in authority
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚speech act ╚request; asking ╚entreaty; prayer; appeal ╚supplication, plea

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