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SPEAK

This term is used in the English law, to signify the permission given by a court to the prosecutor and defendant in some cases of misdemeanor, to agree together, after which the prosecutor comes into court and declares himself to be satisfied; when the court pass a nominal sentence. In practice. To argue. “The case was ordered to be spoke to again.” 10 Mod. 107. See IMPARLANCE; SPEAKING WITH PROSECUTOR.

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