PLEADING Definition & Meaning

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pleading

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noun

the act of a person who pleads.
Law.
1. the advocating of a cause in a court of law.
2. the art or science of setting forth or drawing pleas in legal causes.
3. a formal statement, usually written, setting forth the cause of action or defense of a case.
4. pleadings, the successive statements delivered alternately by plaintiff and defendant until the issue is joined.

pleading

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noun

the act of presenting a case in court, as by a lawyer on behalf of his client
the art or science of preparing the formal written statements of the parties to a legal action See also pleadings

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of pleading¹

1250–1300; Middle English pledynge (gerund). See plead, -ing ¹

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Appearing at the Old Bailey, Dighton also admitted attempted arson, attacking two other police officers, and threatening a third, pleading guilty to a total of 10 charges.

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“I am pleading with LeBron James as a father: Stop this,” Smith said on the Jan. 29 episode of “First Take.”

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Moments later, a frantic housekeeper rifles through the kitchen drawers, then returns to raise a heavy marble rolling pin over the disheveled and bloodied figure, who is by all appearances pleading for her life.

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She says she started going to protests after asking the police and pleading with politicians yielded no answers about her brother's whereabouts.

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Witnesses heard Kian pleading with the officers before he was executed, telling them he had exams the next day.

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