Noah Webster's Dictionary (n. pl.) The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue is joined, and the question made to rest on some single point.

Multi-Version Concordance Pleadings (2 Occurrences) Job 13:6 Hear now my reasoning. Listen to the pleadings of my lips. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV) Lamentations 3:58 Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life. (YLT)