See Also: pleading(1)(dictionary)
pleading(2)(dictionary)
WITHOUT, pleading(law)
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pleading(1) (iou)



pleading noun. ME.
[from PLEAD + -ING1.]
Litigation; an instance of this, a lawsuit, an action; a controversy. ME-M16.
The advocating of a cause in a court of law; the art of composing formal statements; the body of rules relating to this art. LME.
gen. Intercession, advocacy; supplication, earnest entreaty; an instance of this. LME.
A. Lively With many pleadings..that I should take great care of his clothes.
A formal written (formerly oral) statement in a civil action prepared by each side and setting out the cause of action or the defence. Usu. in pl. M16.
Times The judge intimated that..the matters raised..were not relevant to the pleadings.
Phrases: special pleading: see SPECIAL adjective.