To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carry on the allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry on a suit or plea.
To allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for repelling a demand in law; to answer to an indictment; as, to plead usury; to plead statute of limitations; to plead not guilty.
To allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the rights of ambassadors.
offer as an excuse or plea; "She was pleading insanity"
enter a plea, as in courts of law; "She pleaded not guilty"
make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts
In civil law, a defendant's formal answer to a plaintiff's complaint.
To present an answer to a charge, an indictment, or a declaration made against one in a court of law. plural: Relating to or composed of more than one member, set, or kind.
to admit or deny the charges against you