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d. In criminal practice, the plea is the defendant's formal answer to the indictment or information presented against him.

to be varieties of the blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. G. Bentham. are in bold format, like collocations.

An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer. [Cant, U. S.]

The formation of a word by the combination of several simple words, as in the aboriginal languages of America; agglutination. Latham.

A medicine supposed to promote the formation of callus.

ship or occupancy; to provide or furnish with; as, to put one in possession of facts or information. (b) (Law) To place one in charge of property recovered in ejectment or writ of entry. -- To take possession, to enter upon, or to bring within one's power or occupancy. -- Writ of possession (Law), a precept directing…

Any force or reagent which causes the formation of a precipitate.

Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger.

by statute, clergymen and physicans are placed in the same category, so far as concerns information received by them professionally.

ies of cells formed in the ovule of a flowering plant after fertilization, but before the formation of the embryo.

An edict published for public information; an official bulletin; a public proclamation.

The continuous development of cells in tissue formation; cell formation. Virchow.

rsuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information.

Of or pertaining to Proteus; characteristic of Proteus. " Protean transformations." Cudworth.

Of or pertaining to the first formation of living bodies.

questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc. But pump not me for politics. Otway.

ice on a convicted offender as a just retribution, and incidentally for the purposes of reformation and prevention.

Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent. In determining the extent of information required in the exercise of a particular authority, recourse must be had to the objects within the purview of that authority. Madison.

assault or attack; an effort; an attempt; hence, the time or occasion for action. Exact reformation is not perfected at the first push. Milton. hen it comes to the push, tic no more than talk. L' Estrange.

aken in quantities, that is, in large quantities. The quantity of extensive and curious information which he had picked up during many months of desultory, but not unprofitable, study. Macaulay. Quantity of estate (Law), its time of continuance, or degree of interest, as in fee, for life, or for years. Wharton (Law Dic…