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pleading
pleading 1 a : one of the formal declarations (as a complaint or answer) exchanged by the parties in a legal proceeding (as a suit) setting forth claims, averments, allegations, denials, or defenses ;also : a written document embodying such a declaration see also relation back b : any of the allegations, averments, claims, denials, or defenses set forth in a pleading alternative pleading : a pleading that sets out an alternative theory in 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 the original pleading re·spon·sive pleading [ri-spÄ n-siv-] : a pleading that directly responds to another pleading (as by denying in an answer allegations in a complaint) sham pleading : a pleading that is factually false, is not made in good faith, and that may be struck supplemental pleading : a pleading that supplem...
supplemental
supplemental : serving to complete or make an addition [ appropriations] ;specif : of, relating to, or being a supplemental pleading supplemental n ...
Supplemental Bill, Bill in the nature of a
Supplemental Bill, Bill in the nature of a. this bill and the above-named bill were usually confounded together; but a prominent distinction between them seems to have been that a supplemental bill was properly applicable to those cases only where the same parties and the same interest remained before the Court; whereas an original bill, in the nature of a supplemental bill, was properly applicable when new parties with new interests, arising from events which have happened since the institution of the suit, were brought before the Court, 2 Dan. Chan. Pr., 5th Edn. 1396-1401....
Pleading
Pleading. 1. In its general sense, the proceedings from the statement of claim to issue joined, i.e., the opposing statements of the parties. 2. Any part of these proceedings.The science of pleading was no doubt derived from Normandy. The use of stated forms of pleading is not to be traced among the Anglo-Saxons. Pleading was cultivated as a science in the reign of Edward I. The object of pleading is to ascertain, by the production of an issue, the subject for decision. Before the Judicature Acts, pleading under the Judicature Act is intended to combine the advantages of the two systems; it being provided by R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XIX., Rule 4, that 'every pleading shall contain, and contain only, a statement in a summary form of the material facts on which the party pleading relies; but not the evidence by which they are to be proved,' and 'shall, when necessary, be divided into paragraphs numbered consecutively.' Consult Bullen and Leake, or Odgers on Pleading.A pleading has to be read as...
plead
plead plead·ed or: pled also: plead [pled] plead·ing [Anglo-French plaider to argue in a court of law, from Old French plaid legal action, trial more at plea ] vi 1 : to make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding ;esp : to answer the pleading or charge of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts [the defendant shall be given a copy of the indictment or information before the defendant is called upon to "Kansas Statutes Annotated"] see also alternative 2 : to make a specific plea [ not guilty] ;also : to make a plea of guilty [agreed to to the lesser charge] vt 1 : to allege in or by way of a pleading : state in a pleading [unless plaintiff s and proves facts showing actual malice, he cannot recover punitive damages "Kumaran v. Brotman, 617 N.E.2d 191 (1993)"] [ a case of fraudulent conveyance] 2 : to offer as an excuse [cannot ignorance of the law] plead·able adj plead·er n ...
supplemental jurisdiction
supplemental jurisdiction see jurisdiction ...
Supplemental
Supplemental, supply something additional; adding what is lacking, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1452....
Supplemental answer
Supplemental answer, one which was filed in Chancery for the purpose of correcting, adding to, and explaining an answer already filed, Sm. Ch. Pr. 334...
Supplemental Bill
Supplemental Bill, an addition to an original bill in equity, in order to supply some defect in its frame and structure. See BILL INCHANCERY and STATEMENT OF CLAIM....
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