pleadings Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
pleading.
verb appeal or request earnestly
plead.
- I pleaded with him to stop
verb offer as an excuse or plea
plead.
- She was pleading insanity
verb enter a plea, as in courts of law
plead.
- She pleaded not guilty
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.

(Law) The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue is joined, and the question made to rest on some single point. Blackstone.