Pleading - Law Dictionary Search Results
Scandal
in public. Disgraceful, shameful, or degrading acts or conducts, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1345. Scandal, in pleadings, is injurious, by making the records of the court the means of perpetuating libellous and malignant slanders; and
Reply
1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 18), which applies to civil as well as criminal cases. Also the pleading of the plaintiff which follows the defendant's statement of his defence or counter-claim (see R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXIII.),
alternative
alternative 1 : alternate 2 : offering or expressing a choice [an contract] see also alternative pleading at pleading 3 : existing or functioning outside the established system ;also : different from the usual or
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answer
lawsuit 2 : a written response to a counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim : reply see also responsive pleading at pleading NOTE: In federal cases, answers are governed by Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil
avoid
to (an allegation or averment) by declaring that facts alleged do not result in liability [averments in a pleading to which no responsive pleading is required or permitted shall be taken as denied or ed "Federal Rules
conclusion
something 3 : an opinion or judgment offered without supporting evidence ;specif : an allegation made in a pleading that is not based on facts set forth in the pleading
relation back
the date of execution of a document) to an act (as filing of a document and esp. a pleading) as the time of its effect esp. to avoid a time limit [the relation back of amendments to
Arrest of judgment
Judgment may be arrested for good cause in criminal cases, if the indictment be insufficient. See Archbold's Criminal Pleading. Means the staying of judgment after its entry, especially, a court's refusal to render or enforce a judgment
Assumpsit
[he undertook] (to pay or perform) as set forth of the defendant by the plaintiff in the ancient pleading. The action of assumpsit (which, as a technical name, fell into desuetude with the passing of the Judicature
Averment
Averment [fr. verificatio, Lat.], an advancement or affirmation of any matter in a pleading, and when new matter was introduced the pleading con-cluded with a verification except in the anomalous case of
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