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Definition of Pleading
1. Adjective. Begging.
Exact synonyms: Beseeching, Imploring
Similar to: Adjuratory, Importunate, Mendicant, Petitionary, Precative, Precatory, Suppliant, Supplicant, Supplicatory
Antonyms: Imperative
Similar to: Adjuratory, Importunate, Mendicant, Petitionary, Precative, Precatory, Suppliant, Supplicant, Supplicatory
Antonyms: Imperative
2. Noun. (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding.
Terms within: Bill Of Particulars
Specialized synonyms: Affirmative Pleading, Alternative Pleading, Pleading In The Alternative, Answer, Charge, Complaint, Complaint, Defective Pleading, Demurrer, Rebuttal, Rebutter, Replication, Rejoinder, Special Pleading, Surrebuttal, Surrebutter, Surrejoinder
Generic synonyms: Statement
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Plead, Plead
Specialized synonyms: Affirmative Pleading, Alternative Pleading, Pleading In The Alternative, Answer, Charge, Complaint, Complaint, Defective Pleading, Demurrer, Rebuttal, Rebutter, Replication, Rejoinder, Special Pleading, Surrebuttal, Surrebutter, Surrejoinder
Generic synonyms: Statement
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Plead, Plead
Definition of Pleading
1. n. The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by arguments.
Definition of Pleading
1. Noun. (legal) A document filed in a lawsuit, particularly a document initiating litigation or responding to the initiation of litigation. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of plead) ¹
3. Adjective. Of or pertaining to that which pleads. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pleading
1. an allegation in a legal action [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleading
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