pleading
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(noun) (law) an allegation in legal form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding |
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Related Words: affirmative pleading, allegation, allegement, alternative pleading, answer, charge, complaint, defective pleading, demurrer, pleading in the alternative, rebuttal, rebutter, rejoinder, replication, special pleading, surrebuttal, surrebutter, surrejoinder |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: appealing, imploring, importunate |
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