- In law as
practiced in
countries that
follow the
English models, a
pleading is a
formal written statement of one party's
claims or
defenses in response...
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Special pleading is an
informal fallacy wherein one
cites something as an
exception to a
general or
universal principle,
without justifying the special...
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Alternative pleading (or
pleading in the alternative) is the
legal term in the law of the
United States for a form of
pleading that
permits a
party in...
-
Pleading Guilty,
published in 1993, is
Scott Turow's
third novel, and like the
previous two it is set in
fictional Kindle County. The
novel begins with...
- An
abatement in
pleading, or plea in abatement, was a
defence in
common law to
legal proceedings that did not
contest the
principle of the plaintiff's...
- The
Pleading in
English Act 1362 (36 Edw. III c. 15),
often rendered Statute of
Pleading, was an Act of the
Parliament of England. The Act
complained that...
-
Pleading the
belly was a
process available at
English common law,
which permitted a
woman in the
later stages of
pregnancy to
receive a
reprieve of her...
-
Pleading the
Blues is an
album by
Chicago blues harp
player Junior Wells. The
first collaboration of
Junior Wells and his long-time
friend Buddy Guy dated...
- that no fine
shall be
taken of
anyone in any
court for fair
pleading, i.e. for not
pleading aptly, and to the purpose.
Statute of
Marlborough This article...
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serve as a
witness in a
criminal case in
which he or she is a defendant. "
Pleading the Fifth" is a
colloquial term
often used to
invoke the Self-Incrimination...
