| 单词 | to plead a cause |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto plead a cause a. Law. The matter about which a person goes to law; the case of one party in a suit. Hence to plead a cause. (Cf. 1883 at sense 3b.) ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > plead [verb (intransitive)] mootOE to plead a cause1297 plead1429 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [noun] > one's case cause1297 skilla1300 intentc1575 case1592 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 9362 Þe riȝte of is cause. c1300 Beket 1043 To bringe this cause of holi churche tofore the Pope. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. xvi. 172 Bothe partyes writen here Causes in 2 Billes. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iii. 38 Pletynge of a cause for his clyent. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 6 The judges before whom..the determinacion of his cause resteth. 1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xxii. 9 The cause of both parties shall come before the Iudges. View more context for this quotation 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 135 He that has most opinions is most likely to carry his cause. 1801 M. Edgeworth Prussian Vase in Moral Tales III. 28 Would to Heaven, my son could have..such a trial! And..that I might plead his cause! < as lemmas |
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