Definition of Mispleads

1. Verb. (third-person singular of misplead) ¹

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Definition of Mispleads

1. misplead [v] - See also: misplead

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mispleads

misplanned
misplanning
misplans
misplant
misplanted
misplanting
misplants
misplay
misplayed
misplaying
misplays
misplead
mispleaded
mispleading
mispleadings
mispleads (current term)
mispled
mispoint
mispointed
mispointing
mispoints
mispoise
mispoised
mispoises
mispoising
mispolicies
mispolicy
misportray
misportrayed
misportraying

Literary usage of Mispleads

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Chancery of the State by Alonzo Christopher Paige, New York (State). Court of Chancery (1863)
"It is a settled rule, that if a defendant mispleads the statute 01 usury, he shall be bound by his plea; (Parker v. ..."

2. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"( 7) So if he mispleads 30 E. 3. 16. Hal. MSS. Ibid, in notis. (r) 28 Edw. 3. 96. Contra as to receipt. Hal. MSS. Ibid, in notis. (i) Vide infra, (C 3. ..."

3. The Law of Infancy and Coverture by Peregrine Bingham (1849)
"... propriis" by his ill pleading, without any remedy against the attorney; but if a guardian mispleads and loses thereby, an action lies against him. ..."

4. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"(2) So if lie mispleads, 39 E. 3. 16. Hal. MSS. ' (3) 28 E. 3. 96. Contra as to receipt. Hal. MSS. (4) M. 26, 27 Eliz. BR Leon. T. 29 Eliz. Clench. 88. ..."

5. A Selection of Pleadings in Civil Actions: With Occasional Annotations by Joseph Story, Benjamin Lynde Oliver (1829)
"Nor where the defendant mispleads, so as to occasion a discontinuance, and the plaintiff joins issue and has a verdict, shall the defendant .avail himself ..."

6. A New Abridgment of the Law with Large Additions and Corrections by Matthew Bacon, Sir Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd, John Bouvier (1846)
"Pines and Recoveries, (a) If a guardian faint pleads or mispleads, the infant hath an action against him. Dyer, 104 b; Mod. 48,49. ..."

7. The Law of Infancy and Coverture: 1st American from the Last London Ed by Peregrine Bingham (1824)
"... propriis" by his ill pleading, without any remedy against the attorney ; but if a guardian mispleads and loses thereby, an action lies against him.Q? ..."

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