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Definition of Pleading

1. Adjective. Begging.

2. Noun. (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding.

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

plea in abatement plea of insanity plea of the crown pleace pleach pleached pleaches pleaching plead plead the fifth

pleadable pleaded pleader pleaders pleadeth pleading (current term) pleading in the alternative pleadingly pleadings pleads

pleaed pleaing pleas pleas of the crown pleasable pleasance pleasances pleasant pleasant-tasting pleasanter

Literary usage of Pleading

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

1. Catalogue by San Francisco Law Library, Frank P. Deering (1888)
"Equity pleading under the NY code. 2 vols. 2d ed. 1860. ... Puterbaugh, SD Common law pleading and practice in Ii1. 1867. Same. 5th ed. 1880. ..."

2. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, William Draper Lewis (1902)
"OF pleading. *293] *pleadingS are the mutual altercations between the plaintiff and defendant;( i) which at present are set down and delivered into the ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"C. 5S9, 55 SE 366, 8 LRA [NS] 574), und this is equally true Of a demurrer to an answer, or other pleading. The demurrer. In this Instance, calls to Its aid ..."

4. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1898)
"But the background of the law of pleading and trial still is this, ... The supposed rule that in Dower there is no 'defence' (Stephen, pleading, ..."

5. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1884)
"OF pleading. pleadingS are the mutual altercations between the plaintiff and defendant; ... pleading, therefore, consists merely in alleging matter of fact, ..."

6. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1899)
"But the background of the law of pleading and trial still is this, that the defendant must take his stand upon a downright No, whereupon there will be a ..."

7. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1844)
"pleading, 1. Practice, 3. Principal and Agent, 1. ACCUMULATION. ... pleading, 1. Representative. Trust, 4. ADVANCEMENT. See Satisfaction, 1. ..."

8. Catalogue by San Francisco Law Library, Frank P. Deering (1888)
"Equity pleading under the NY code. 2 vols. 2d ed. 1860. ... Puterbaugh, SD Common law pleading and practice in Ii1. 1867. Same. 5th ed. 1880. ..."

9. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, William Draper Lewis (1902)
"OF pleading. *293] *pleadingS are the mutual altercations between the plaintiff and defendant;( i) which at present are set down and delivered into the ..."

10. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"C. 5S9, 55 SE 366, 8 LRA [NS] 574), und this is equally true Of a demurrer to an answer, or other pleading. The demurrer. In this Instance, calls to Its aid ..."

11. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1898)
"But the background of the law of pleading and trial still is this, ... The supposed rule that in Dower there is no 'defence' (Stephen, pleading, ..."

12. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1884)
"OF pleading. pleadingS are the mutual altercations between the plaintiff and defendant; ... pleading, therefore, consists merely in alleging matter of fact, ..."

13. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1899)
"But the background of the law of pleading and trial still is this, that the defendant must take his stand upon a downright No, whereupon there will be a ..."

14. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1844)
"pleading, 1. Practice, 3. Principal and Agent, 1. ACCUMULATION. ... pleading, 1. Representative. Trust, 4. ADVANCEMENT. See Satisfaction, 1. ..."

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