Found 3 items, similar to Pleading.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: pleading
pembelaan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pleading
pleading
adj : expressing earnest entreaty;
“the appealing and frightened
look worn by an injured dog”;
“she holds out her hand
for money, importunate, insistent”;
“a pleading note in
her voice” [syn:
appealing,
imploring,
importunate]
pleading
n : (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating
something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pleading
Plead
\Plead\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Pleaded (colloq.
Pleador
Pled); p. pr. & vb. n.
Pleading.] [OE. pleden, plaiden,
OF. plaidier, F. plaider, fr. LL. placitare, fr. placitum.
See
Plea.]
1. To argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the
claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing;
to attempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; to
speak by way of persuasion; as, to plead for the life of a
criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father.
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O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man
pleadeth for his neighbor! --Job xvi. 21.
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2. (Law) To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the
declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's
declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that
ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense,
to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carry on the
allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry
on a suit or plea. --Blackstone. Burrill. Stephen.
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3. To contend; to struggle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Pleading
\Plead"ing\, n.
The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by
arguments.
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