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Legal Definitions - hold pleas
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Definition of hold pleas
HOLD PLEAS
Hold pleas means to hear or try cases. This term is considered archaic and is not commonly used in modern legal language.
During medieval times, the king's court would hold pleas to settle disputes between landowners.
In early American history, local magistrates would hold pleas to resolve minor legal issues within their communities.
These examples illustrate how hold pleas was used in the past to refer to the process of hearing and deciding legal cases. It was a common term in medieval and early American legal systems, but is no longer used in modern legal language.
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Simple Definition
Hold pleas: This is an old-fashioned way of saying "to hear or try cases." It means that someone, like a judge, is listening to people talk about a problem or disagreement they have and deciding what should be done to solve it.
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