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Plea

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supplicationnounAn act of supplicating; a humble request.

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supplicationnounAn act of supplicating; a humble request.
entreatynounThe act of entreating or beseeching; a strong petition; pressing solicitation; begging.
pleadingnounThe act of making a plea.
solicitationnounthe action or instance of soliciting; petition; proposal
confessionnounThe open admittance of having done something (especially something bad).
petitionnounA formal written request made by an individual or a group of people to a sovereign or political authority, often containing many signatures, soliciting some grace, right, mercy, or the redress of some wrong or grievance.
demandnounThe desire to purchase goods and services.
petitionernoun(law) Someone who presents a petition to a court.
claimnounA new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
prosecutionnoun(law) The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person.
requestnounA formal message requesting something.
advocacynounThe act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something.
excusenoun(countable, uncountable) An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.
allegationnounAn assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.
appealnounA call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.
declarationnounAn emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
lawsuitnoun(law) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.
advocatenounA person who speaks in support of something, or someone; proponent
judicialnounThat branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice.
invitationnounThe act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.

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