pleading

Adjective
  1. Begging (synset 300717424)
    similar to:
    same as: beseeching, imploring
Noun
  1. (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding (synset 106571356)
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc
    subtypes:
    • affirmative pleading - any defensive pleading that affirms facts rather than merely denying the facts alleged by the plaintiff
    • 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; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
    • 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
    • rebuttal, rebutter - (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
    • replication - (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer
    • rejoinder - (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
    • special pleading - (law) a pleading that alleges new facts in avoidance of the opposing allegations
    • surrebuttal, surrebutter - (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
    has: bill of particulars - the particular events to be dealt with in a criminal trial; advises the defendant and the court of the facts the defendant will be required to meet

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