pleading Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
   
2. verb appeal or request earnestly
   plead.
   
   • I pleaded with him to stop
3. verb offer as an excuse or plea
   plead.
   
   • She was pleading insanity
4. verb enter a plea, as in courts of law
   plead.
   
   • She pleaded not guilty
5. verb make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts
   plead.
   
6. adjective begging
   beseeching; imploring.
   

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