† interplean.
Obsolete. rare.
A dilatory plea.
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1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies xx. 163 No interplea nor demurre will serve; he must timely prevent the occasion..and make the Vndersheriffe his friend.
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 279 Without admitting interplea of consideration.
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