pleadable

[ plee-duh-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English word from Anglo-French word pledable. See plead, -able

No intent can, make a defamatory publication good, nothing can make it have a good tendency; truth is not pleadable.

No intent can make a defamatory publication good, nothing can make it have a good tendency; truth is not pleadable.

The Act of Settlement prescribed that "no pardon shall be pleadable to an impeachment by the Commons in parliament."

He shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons, but his pardon shall not be pleadable in bar of an impeachment.

He shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons; but his pardon shall not be pleadable in bar of an impeachment.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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