Pleading

What do we mean by pleading?

A plea; an entreaty. noun

A formal statement, usually written, setting forth the cause of action or the defense of a party to a lawsuit. noun

The act of advocating any cause; specifically, the act or practice of advocating clients' causes in courts of law. noun

In law: The document (or in some inferior courts an oral statement) formally setting forth the cause of action or the defense of a party. noun

The formal allegation on the record of that which is to be relied on as the support of the party's case in evidence noun

The rules and usages of framing such documents, and of the sufficiency of their contents : the art of drawing pleadings noun

Plural The written allegations made in alternate series by the plaintiff and the defendant of their respective grounds of action and defense, terminating in propositions distinctly affirmed on one side and denied on the other, called the issue. Heard. In a more limited sense, only those allegations or altercations which are subsequent to the count or declaration noun

The science of pleading, which, until the English Common-law Procedure Act, in 1852, constituted a distinct branch of the law, having the merit of developing the points in controversy with great precision. Its strictness and subtlety were frequently a subject of complaint, and one of the objects of the act was to relax and simplify its rules noun

In popular use, the specious but unsound or unfair argumentation of one whose aim is victory rather than truth. noun

The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by arguments. noun

A document filed in a lawsuit, particularly a document initiating litigation or responding to the initiation of litigation. noun

Present participle of plead. verb

Of or pertaining to that which pleads. adjective

(law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding noun

Begging adjective

To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.

To beg, beseech, or implore.

To offer by way of excuse.

To discuss by arguments.

To be incredibly stupid and ignorant Urban Dictionary

Verb, to plead the fifth In a United States court case, to cite one's own Constitutional right in the Fifth Amendment to "remain silent" as a defendant, or to not be forced to testify against one's self. This is why a lawyer cannot simply force a defendant into a confession while under oath. you will look very suspicious when saying it tho Urban Dictionary

To start a story and to promise to finsih it at some later ill defined point in time. Urban Dictionary

When in a losing argument an observer tells you to give up your argument and drink a beer. (the 21st amendment repealed prohibition) Urban Dictionary

V. To decline to give self-incriminating information. Refers to the fifth amendment of the US Constitution, which states that no citizen "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself..." Urban Dictionary

This is a concept I invented similar to pleading the 5th in a court of law where, if you find yourself in a situation, inebriated, whether high, drunk or otherwise and completely at a loss for what your expected to say or do next You can declare: "I plead the 6th" and you are magically off the hook, as this simultaneously informs others that you have blanked out and have no idea what you were just talking about 2 seconds ago, while also relieving you of any responsibility for whatever word or deed would have come next if you had not forgotten in the first place. So, similar to how the witness in court gets to avoid answering a question by pleading the 5th, the stoned/ drunk/twacked out goofball who forgets what they are talking about midsentence during an important conversation or epic explanation is freed of the weight carried by that awkward moment that exists in the seconds that follow the total forgetting of some vital fact. Urban Dictionary

A refusal to answer a question because the response could hold self incriminating evidence. Urban Dictionary

Name of the mental mechanism that allows people to make exceptions to an otherwise self-accepted statement without being hounded by guilt. Urban Dictionary

Similar to plead the fifth (remain silent), except this refers to the Second Amendment (right to bear arms). In layman's terms, it means to whip out a gat. Urban Dictionary

To plead guilty in the hope of getting a reduced sentence or some other consideration. Urban Dictionary

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Adjectives that are often used to describe pleading:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective pleading:
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Consonant match to pleading:
plodding.

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