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Meaning of PLEADING

Pronunciation:  'pleeding

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
  2. [adj]  expressing earnest entreaty; "the appealing and frightened look worn by an injured dog"; "she holds out her hand for money, importunate, insistent"; "a pleading note in her voice"
 
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 Synonyms: appealing, beseeching, imploring, importunate
 
 See Also: affirmative pleading, alternative pleading, answer, bill of Particulars, charge, complaint, defective pleading, demurrer, pleading in the alternative, rebuttal, rebutter, rejoinder, replication, special pleading, statement, surrebuttal, surrebutter, surrejoinder

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Plead"ing\, n.
The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by
arguments.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: adjuratory, answer, appealing, argument, argumentum, bar, begging, beseeching, case, cons, consideration, counsel, counterstatement, defense, demurrer, denial, elenchus, entreating, exception, ignoratio elenchi, imploring, legal profession, objection, plaidoyer, plea, pleadings, precative, precatory, pros, pros and cons, reason, rebuttal, refutation, reply, representation, response, riposte, special demurrer, special pleading, statement of defense, talking point
 

 

 

 

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