Definitions for: Pleading

[n] (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
[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"

Webster (1913) Definition: Plead"ing, n.
The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by
arguments.

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

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