English > pleading: 2 senses > noun 1, communication| Meaning | (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding. |
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| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
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| Parts | bill of Particulars | The particular events to be dealt with in a criminal trial |
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| Narrower | affirmative pleading | Any defensive pleading that affirms / affirms facts rather than merely denying the facts alleged by the plaintiff |
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| alternative pleading, pleading in the alternative | A pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is difficult to determine which facts the person intends to rely on |
| answer | The principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint |
| charge, complaint | (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense |
| complaint | (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based |
| defective pleading | Any pleading that fails to conform in form or substance to minimum standards of accuracy or sufficiency |
| demurrer | (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings |
| rebutter, rebuttal | (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder |
| rejoinder | (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication |
| replication | (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer |
| special pleading | (law) a pleading that alleges new facts in avoidance of the opposing allegations |
| surrebutter, surrebuttal | (law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rebutter |
| surrejoinder | (law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rejoinder |
| Broader | statement | A message that is stated or declared |
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| Spanish | alegación, alegato |
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| Catalan | al·legació, al·legat |
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| Verbs | plead | enter a plea, as in courts of law |
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| plead | make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts |
