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Meaning:

Noun:

  • An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
  • An excuse; an apology.
  • legal A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas. See under Common.
  • legal An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer.
  • legal That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause.
  • legal The defendant?s answer to the plaintiff?s declaration and demand.
  • That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.

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