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brief
law clerk called also memorandum 2 : a formal written presentation of an argument that sets forth the main points with supporting precedents and evidence NOTE: Briefs are filed either by a party or an amicus curiae … presentation of an argument that sets forth the main points with supporting precedents and evidence NOTE: Briefs are filed either by a party or an amicus curiae with a court usually regarding a specific motion (as for
Arrangements between debtors and creditors
report thereon. If at the meeting (or by letter received not later than the day before it) a majority in number and three-fourths in value of all the creditors who have proved their debts resolve to accept … to meet their engagements with their creditors may, under the Railway Companies Act, 1867, by schemes of arrangement filed in the Chancery Division of the High Court, assented to by three-fourths in value of their creditors, and
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Petition
of matters in Church or State, without the previous approval of the contents by three justices or the majority of a grand jury, and further, that no petition should be presented by a company of more than
pleading
in this entry NOTE: Notice pleading is allowed under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and in a majority of states, although complex cases often require substantial detail in the pleading. … support of a plaintiff's claim for relief or a defendant's defense amended pleading : a pleading that is filed to replace an original pleading and that contains matters omitted from or not known at the time of
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