Plee
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A plea; an action.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. fr.
In old English law. An action or suit; a plea, in the ancient sense of the word; a plea, in the modern sense.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Fugitive. Plee to the wall. Signifies that a person must use every reasonable means of escape before he may kill a man who assails him with apparently felonious intent. To excuse homicide on the plea of self-defense it must appear that the slayer had no other possible (or at least probable) means of escaping from his assailant.* See Defense, 1; Retreat.