Plead Over
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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).
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
To pass over, or omit to notice, a material allegation in the last pleading of the opposite party; to pass by a defect in the pleading of the other party without taking advantage of it.
In another sense, to plead the general issue, after one has interposed a demurrer or special plea which has been dismissed by a judgment of respondeat ouster.
Defined under Plead in Black's Law Dictionary.