Sentence examples for first plea from inspiring English sources

The appellant's first plea relates to the legal basis of the contested regulation.

In one Massachusetts jurisdiction, the first county prosecutor took office in 1807 and struck his first plea bargain in 1808.

Mr. McGreevey made his first plea for a spending freeze in a meeting with Mr. DiFrancesco at the governor's mansion two days after his election last month.

Although the newspaper's first plea filled its front page on Wednesday, its second-day headline ran below declarations from Chinese President Xi Jinping on reform and from the country's anti-corruption czar, Wang Qishan, on battling graft.

These are the first plea agreements with former executives of PurchasePro, and follow similar deals reached last week with the latest group of former executives of Homestore, another business partner of AOL.

In ill health, he retired from the Navy shortly before the revolt (1775) of the North American colonies; he was one of England's earliest supporters of the colonists and in 1774 had published his first plea on behalf of the colonists, entitled American Independence the Glory and Interest of Great Britain.

A year ago, many would-be buyers were unable to obtain financing, and the Detroit automakers were making their first pleas to Congress for billions of dollars in emergency aid to help them stay in business.

In consequence, the Court should consider the appellant's second plea well founded and set aside the judgment under appeal.

Upon the question of privilege raised by the second plea, the court of appeals thought it unnecessary to pass.

A third plea to the government could come before Obama's inauguration.

After the fifth plea went unheeded, the father picked the boy up and carried him into the bathroom.