civil plea
noun
A legal proceeding relating to civil law, as opposed to criminal or (formerly) ecclesiastical law; a plea brought in a civil court, a civil action.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Nicholas Udall (1504–1556), schoolmaster and playwright.
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