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pleading |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pleading \Plead"ing\, n. The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by arguments. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plead \Plead\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pleaded} (colloq. {Plead}or {Pled}); p. pr & vb n. {Pleading}.] [OE. pleden, plaiden, OF plaidier F. plaider, fr LL placitare fr placitum. See {Plea}.] 1. To argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing to attempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; to speak by way of persuasion; as to plead for the life of a criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father. O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbor! --Job xvi. 21. 2. (Law) To present an answer, by allegation of fact to the declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense to make an allegation of fact in a cause to carry on the allegations of the respective parties in a cause to carry on a suit or plea. --Blackstone. Burrill Stephen. 3. To contend; to struggle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pleading adj : 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" [syn: {appealing}, {imploring}, {importunate}] n : (law) an allegation in legal form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
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