pleader

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(plē′dər)

plead•er (plē′dər),USA pronunciation n.

plead /plid/USA pronunciation v., plead•ed or pled/plɛd/USA pronunciation ;
plead•ing.

to request sincerely;
beg:[no object]to plead for more time.
to use as an excuse, defense, or justification:[~ + object]He pleaded ignorance of the law.
Law
- [~ + object] to argue (a case) before a court.
- to answer a charge (with a response): [no object]How do you plead?[~ + object]He pled insanity and was not convicted of murder.

plead•er, n. [countable]See -plac-.

plead (plēd),USA pronunciation v., plead•ed or pled;
plead•ing.
v.i.

to appeal or entreat earnestly:to plead for time.
to use arguments or persuasions, as with a person, for or against something:She pleaded with him not to take the job.
to afford an argument or appeal:His youth pleads for him.
Law
- to make any allegation or plea in an action at law.
- to put forward an answer on the part of a defendant to a legal declaration or charge.
- to address a court as an advocate.
- [Obs.]to prosecute a suit or action at law.

v.t.

to allege or urge in defense, justification, or excuse:to plead ignorance.
Law
- to maintain (a cause) by argument before a court.
- to allege or set forth (something) formally in an action at law.
- to allege or cite in legal defense:to plead a statute of limitations.

early Medieval Latin placitāre to litigate, derivative of Latin placitum opinion. See plea
Old French plaid(i)er to go to law, plead
Middle English plaiden 1200–50

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