Plea vs Begging - What's the difference?
plea | begging | Synonyms |
An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
An excuse; an apology.
That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.
(legal) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause.
(legal) An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer.
(legal) The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand.
(legal) A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas. See under Common.
The act of one who begs.
* 1832 , Charles Coleman, The Mythologie of the Hindus: With Plates
Plea is a synonym of begging.
As verbs the difference between plea and begging
is that plea is to fold, fold up, double while begging is .As a noun begging is
the act of one who begs.plea
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Noun
(en noun)- a plea for mercy
- 1667', ''Necessity, the tyrant’s '''plea .'' --, ''Paradise Lost IV.393
- (rfdate) No plea must serve; ‘t is cruelty to spare. -- .
- (rfdate) The Supreme Judicial Court shall have cognizance of pleas real, personal, and mixed. --Laws of Massachusetts.
Usage notes
In 19th century U.K. law, that which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant’s plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why the suit should be either dismissed, delayed, or barred. In criminal practice, the plea is the defendant’s formal answer to the indictment or information presented against him/her.External links
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*begging
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(wikipedia begging)Verb
(head)Derived terms
* go begging * begging the questionNoun
(en noun)- The Brahmans were very annoying in their beggings for money