单词 | to plead specially |
释义 | > as lemmasto plead specially c. transitive. To put forward as a formal answer, objection, or defence to a charge. to plead specially: to allege as a plea in abatement or in bar of an action (see plea n. 4c). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > plead [verb (intransitive)] > enter specific plea to plead specially1768 to plead the baby act1837 to read the baby act1899 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > maintain by argument in court [verb (transitive)] > bring forward as plea > as special plea to plead specially1768 1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student xlix. f. cxxvi Yf the defendaunt..in any accyon plede a ple that amountyth to the generall yssue. 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 72 This ple he was enforced to pled by the court. 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. ii. §148. 66 If a man bring an Action of debt against me..and I plead against him acquittance. 1659 H. L'Estrange Alliance Divine Offices 22 St. Augustine plead it in bar to Celer's action of unkindnesse against him. 1681 Arraignm.,Tryal & Condemnation S. Colledge 16 You ought not to have helps to plead dilatories. 1756 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1812) II. xxxvi. 286 The counsellors pleaded constraint as an excuse for their treason. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. xx. 305 Every defence which cannot thus be specially pleaded may be given in evidence upon the general issue at the trial. 1790 C. Durnford & E. H. East Rep. Cases King's Bench 3 693 If an executor may plead plene administravit and neglect to do so, I see no difference between such a case and one where he does so plead and the plea is found against him. 1808 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius II. xix. 708 An executor may plead the same plea in bar, that his testator might have pleaded. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ix, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 249 Ramorny, pale as death,..pled his knighthood, and demanded the privilege of dying by the sword. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. v. 30 It would be vain to plead..the king's command to do an unlawful act. 1875 Judicature Act O. xix. r. 15 No defendant in an action for the recovery of land who is in possession..need plead his title. 1933 R. C. Hutchinson Unforgotten Prisoner xii. 383 One can commit perjury and plead absence of mind. 1958 Argosy Sept. 118 Do you understand now that if you force me to shoot, I can plead self-defence? 1989 Lancet 22 Apr. 912/2 Diabetic patients who commit crimes while hypoglycaemic may be able to plead (non-insane) automatism. < as lemmas |
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