Word Meanings - PLACITORY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to pleas or pleading, in courts of law. Clayton.

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• PLEADINGS
  The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue is joined, and the question made to rest on some
• PLEADINGLY
  In a pleading manner.
• PLEASER
  One who pleases or gratifies.
• PLEASANT-TONGUED
  Of pleasing speech.
• PLEAD
  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
• PLEADER
  One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special pleader. (more info) 1. One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate. So fair a pleader any cause may gain. Dryden.
• PLEASANTNESS
  The state or quality of being pleasant.
• PLEASURIST
  A person devoted to worldly pleasure. Sir T. Browne.
• PLEASURER
  A pleasure seeker. Dickens.
• CLAYTONIA
  An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; -- sometimes called spring beauty.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• PLEASURELESS
  Devoid of pleasure. G. Eliot.
• PLEASURE
  1. The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to Ant: pain,
• PLEASUREFUL
  Affording pleasure.
• PLEASED
  Experiencing pleasure. -- Pleas"ed*ly, adv. -- Pleas"ed*ness, n.
• PLEASANTLY
  In a pleasant manner.
• PLEASURABLE
  Capable of affording pleasure or satisfaction; gratifying; abounding in pleasantness or pleasantry. Planting of orchards is very . . . pleasurable. Bacon. O, sir, you are very pleasurable. B. Jonson. -- Pleas"ur*a*ble*ness, n. -- Pleas"ur*a*bly,
• PLEASEMAN
  An officious person who courts favor servilely; a pickthank. Shak.
• PLEASANT
  1. Pleasing; grateful to the mind or to the senses; agreeable; as, a pleasant journey; pleasant weather. Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Ps. cxxxiii. 1. 2. Cheerful; enlivening; gay; sprightly; humorous;
• PLEASANCE
  1. Pleasure; merriment; gayety; delight; kindness. Shak. "Full great pleasance." Chaucer. "A realm of pleasance." Tennyson. 2. A secluded part of a garden. The pleasances of old Elizabethan houses. Ruskin.
• COUNTERPLEAD
  To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.
• ENTERPLEAD
  See INTERPLEAD
• OVERPLEASE
  To please excessively.
• IMPLEAD
  To institute and prosecute a suit against, in court; to sue or prosecute at law; hence, to accuse; to impeach.
• DISPLEASANCE
  Displeasure; discontent; annoyance. Chaucer.
• UPLEAD
  To lead upward.
• MISPLEAD
  To err in pleading.
• TIMEPLEASER
  One who complies with prevailing opinions, whatever they may be; a timeserver. Timepleasers, flatterers, foes to nobleness. Shak.
• IMPLEASING
  Unpleasing; displeasing. Overbury.