Plead Over
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
To interpose a general plea after a special plea or demurrer has been disposed of. PLEADER (Law Fr. pleador, pledor; old Fr. pleideoir; Law Lat. placitans advocatus). A person professionally employed to manage another's cause for him, particularly to plead orally, or argue for him in court. 'The use of professional pleaders or advocates may be traced, among some of the continental nations, to a period extremely remote.
Steph. PL Append, note (8).
In the assizes of Jerusalem, the term "pleader" (pledeoir), is used as nearly synonymous with "counsel" (conseill).