pleader

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• Pleader — Plead er, n. [F. plaideur.] 1. One who pleads; one who argues for or against; an advotate. [1913 Webster] So fair a pleader any cause may gain. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas or pleadings …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pleader — index advocate (counselor), apologist, attorney, claimant, counsel, intermediary, jurist, petitioner …   Law dictionary

• pleader — A person whose business it was to draw pleadings. Formerly, when pleading at common law was a highly technical and difficult art, there was a class of men known as special pleaders not at the bar, who held a position intermediate between counsel… …   Black's law dictionary

• pleader — plead ► VERB (past and past part. pleaded or N. Amer., Scottish, or dialect pled) 1) make an emotional appeal. 2) present and argue for (a position), especially in court or in another public context. 3) Law state formally in court whether one is… …   English terms dictionary

• pleader — noun see plead …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pleader — /plee deuhr/, n. a person who pleads, esp. at law. [1225 75; ME pleder, plaidour; see PLEAD, ER1] * * * …   Universalium

• pleader — noun A person, such as an advocate, who pleads …   Wiktionary

• pleader — Synonyms and related words: abettor, actuator, advocate, agent, alter ego, alternate, amicus curiae, animator, apologete, apologist, apologizer, attorney, attorney at law, backup, backup man, barrister, barrister at law, cajoler, champion, coax,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• pleader — plead·er || plɪːdÉ™(r) n. (Law) advocate, defense lawyer; claimant, one who enters a plea; claim, suit …   English contemporary dictionary

• pleader — n. Assertor, vindicator, defender, advocate …   New dictionary of synonyms

• pleader — plead·er …   English syllables