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What is the noun for plead?

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plea
  1. An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
  2. An excuse; an apology.
  3. That which is alleged or pleaded, in defense or in justification.
  4. (law) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause.
  5. (law) An allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer.
  6. (law) The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s declaration and demand.
  7. (law) A cause in court; a lawsuit; as, the Court of Common Pleas.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “An urgent plea has been made for cash help for a charity which provides a vital service for vulnerable residents across Tendring.”
      “His attorneys moved on Wednesday to obtain a prompt hearing on his plea that he is legally entitled to release.”
pleading
pleader
  1. (law) A person who pleads in court; an advocate. [from 13th c.]
  2. (generally) Someone who pleads or implores. [from 16th c.]
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  4. Examples:
    1. “After analyzing multiple documents and hearing from various stakeholders, the pleader confidently presented their compelling case for increased funding to the board of directors.”
      “So if the excisable good in question were alleged to be brandy, how would the pleader plead the nature of those goods?”
      “In 1900 he set up an independent office of district pleader in Godhra, and two years later he moved to Borsad.”
pleadings
  1. plural of pleading
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In the pleadings, the defendants assert that the Bank owed them a duty of good faith that was breached.”
      “So there was a full opportunity to the plaintiff to put its pleadings in order.”
      “To ask a further question without specific allegations in the pleadings renders this question irrelevant.”
pleaders
pleas
  1. plural of plea
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He gave the pledge after a series of MPs made pleas for leaseholds to be scrapped.”
      “As the Enron scandal continues its reverberations, as guilty pleas and tales of trials to come mount, the books about the case grow longer.”
      “It wasn't exertion that left him weak-kneed and trembling, but rather the gut-wrenching horror of Joe's scream and his pleas for mercy.”
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