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n.
One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special pleader.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Plead
v. t.
To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenciate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like.
v. t.
To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor.
a.
Capable of being pleaded; capable of being alleged in proof, defense, or vindication; as, a right or privilege pleadable at law.
imp. & p. p.
of Plead
v. t.
To discuss, defend, and attempt to maintain by arguments or reasons presented to a tribunal or person having uthority to determine; to argue at the bar; as, to plead a cause before a court or jury.
n.
The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators.
n.
One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate.
n.
Anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners.
v. i.
To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
n.
The technical name of the form by which either party, in pleading, accepts the issue tendered by his opponent; -- called sometimes a joinder in issue.
n.
Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be rejected.
v. t.
To allege or adduce in proof, support, or vendication; to offer in excuse; as, the law of nations may be pleaded in favor of the rights of ambassadors.
v. t.
To argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing; to attempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; to speak by way of persuasion; as, to plead for the life of a criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father.
v. t.
To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
v. t.
To allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for repelling a demand in law; to answer to an indictment; as, to plead usury; to plead statute of limitations; to plead not guilty.
a.
A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc, without this; that is, without this which follows.
adv.
In a pleading manner.
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