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Special Pleading

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Special pleading, the science of pleading. It is a forensic invention, due to the dialectic genius of the Middle Ages, but nearly destroyed by modern innovation. See Steph. On Plead.; Bullen and Leake's Prec. of Pleadings; and Chitty's Precedents. See PLEADING.

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