Pleading

  • 31pleading — sb. RG. 471, 473 …

    Oldest English Words

  • 32pleading — plead·ing || plɪːdɪŋ n. argument, argument; claim, suit adj. asking, requesting; begging, imploring; arguing, claiming; entreating plɪːd v. allege, argue; petition, solicit; entreat, appeal, implore …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 33pleading — pedaling …

    Anagrams dictionary

  • 34pleading — plead·ing …

    English syllables

  • 35pleading — plead•ing [[t]ˈpli dɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) the act of a person who pleads 2) law a) a formal, usu. written statement setting forth the cause of action or defense of a case b) the skill or practice of setting forth pleas in legal causes c) the advocating… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 36pleading — /ˈplidɪŋ/ (say pleeding) noun 1. the act of someone who pleads. 2. Law a. the advocating of a cause in a court of law. b. the art or science of setting forth or drawing pleas in legal causes. c. a formal statement (now usually written) setting… …

  • 37pleading — A formal statement by a party to an action or proceeding of the operative facts, as distinguished from evidentiary facts, which constitute the respective claim or defense. McMillan v Plymouth Electric Light & Power Co. 70 Ind App 336, 123 NE 446 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 38pleading — n. (usu. in pl.) a formal statement of the cause of an action or defence …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 39fair pleading — Pleading fairly or aptly, or to the purpose …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 40Pleading, Statute of — Enacted in 1362, the statute stated that all pleas [in the king s courts] . . . shall be pleaded, shewed, defended, answered, debated, and judged in the English tongue . Cf. English …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases