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plea
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noun
(law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
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noun
an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
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noun
(= supplication)
a humble request for help from someone in authority
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Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
alibi
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noun
(law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question
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verb
exonerate by means of an alibi
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noun
(= excuse, self-justification)
a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc
he kept finding excuses to stay
every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job
his transparent self-justification was unacceptable