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- appealing to, begging with , imploring from
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pleading — plead·ing n 1 a: one of the formal declarations (as a complaint or answer) exchanged by the parties in a legal proceeding (as a suit) setting forth claims, averments, allegations, denials, or defenses; also: a written document embodying such a… … Law dictionary
Pleading (Elgar) — Pleading is a poem written by Arthur L. Salmon, [Arthur Leslie Salmon (born 1865), lover of literature, poet, music critic and author of British travel guides.] and set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1908, as his Op.48.This is… … Wikipedia
Pleading the belly — was a process available at English Common Law, which permitted women pregnant with late stage fetuses to receive a reprieve of their death sentences until delivery. The plea was available at least as early as 1387 and was eventually rendered… … Wikipedia
Pleading — In law as practiced in countries that follow the English models, a pleading is a formal written statement filed with a court by parties in a civil action, other than a motion. By stating what claims and defences are at issue, pleadings establish… … Wikipedia
pleading — pleadingly, adv. pleadingness, n. /plee ding/, n. 1. the act of a person who pleads. 2. Law. a. the advocating of a cause in a court of law. b. the art or science of setting forth or drawing pleas in legal causes. c. a formal statement, usually… … Universalium
Pleading Guilty — infobox Book | name = Pleading Guilty title orig = translator = image caption = author = Scott Turow cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Legal thriller, Crime novel publisher = Farrar Straus Giroux release… … Wikipedia
Pleading — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pleading the Fifth — In American criminal law, taking the Fifth , also known as pleading the Fifth or commanding the fifth , is the act of refusing to testify under oath in a court of law or any other tribunal (such as a Congressional committee) on the ground that… … Wikipedia
pleading — 1. noun a document filed in a lawsuit 2. verb present participle of plead 3. adjective Of or pertaining to that which pleads. Franchise, relaxed and soothed by the vagueness of a surrender set so far in the future, simply took hold of his two… … Wiktionary
pleading — adj. Pleading is used with these nouns: ↑look … Collocations dictionary
