NOUN | communication | special pleading | an argument that ignores all unfavorable evidence |
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communication | special pleading | (law) a pleading that alleges new facts in avoidance of the opposing allegations |
Meaning | An argument that ignores all unfavorable evidence. | |
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Broader | specious argument | An argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious / fallacious |
Spanish | argucia, argumentos especiosos | |
Catalan | argúcia, arguments especiosos |
Meaning | (law) a pleading that alleges new facts in avoidance of the opposing allegations. | |
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Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Broader | pleading | (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding |
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