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Issue :: Issue (v. i.) In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which the parties join issue..

Unpleaded :: Unpleaded (a.) Not supported by pleas; undefended; as, an unpleaded suit..

Oratrix :: Oratrix (n.) A woman plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading..

Brief :: Brief (v. t.) To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings..

Plead :: Plead (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..

Sue :: Sue (v. i.) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.

Pleader :: Pleader (n.) One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special pleader..

Intercessor :: Intercessor (n.) One who goes between, or intercedes; a mediator. (a) One who interposes between parties at variance, with a view to reconcile them. (b) One who pleads in behalf of another..

Pleading :: Pleading (n.) The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by arguments..

Intercede :: Intercede (v. i.) To act between parties with a view to reconcile differences; to make intercession; to beg or plead in behalf of another; to mediate; -- usually followed by with and for; as, I will intercede with him for you..

Plead :: Plead (v. t.) To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense, to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carry on the allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry on a suit or plea..

Interpleader :: Interpleader (n.) A proceeding devised to enable a person, of whom the same debt, duty, or thing is claimed adversely by two or more parties, to compel them to litigate the right or title between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself from the suits which they might otherwise bring against him..

Impleading :: Impleading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Implea.

Litigate :: Litigate (v. t.) To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause..

Conclusion :: Conclusion (n.) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, against the peace, etc..

Impleader :: Impleader (n.) One who prosecutes or sues another.

Enterplead :: Enterplead (v. i.) Same as Interplead.

Draughtsman :: Draughtsman (n.) One who draws pleadings or other writings.

Solicit :: Solicit (v. t.) To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.

Pleadingly :: Pleadingly (adv.) In a pleading manner.

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