original pleading
1pleading — plead·ing n 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… …
2Pleading Guilty (novela) — No confundir con Presunto Culpable, película mexicana. Me declaro culpable de Scott Turow Género Novela Subgénero Suspenso …
3Pleading the belly — was a process available at English Common Law, which permitted women pregnant with late stage fetuses to receive a reprieve of their death sentences until delivery. The plea was available at least as early as 1387 and was eventually rendered… …
4pleading — pleadingly, adv. pleadingness, n. /plee ding/, n. 1. the act of a person who pleads. 2. Law. a. the advocating of a cause in a court of law. b. the art or science of setting forth or drawing pleas in legal causes. c. a formal statement, usually… …
5original — Primitive; first in order; bearing its own authority, and not deriving authority from an outside source; as original jurisdiction, original writ, etc. As applied to documents, the original is the first copy or archetype; that from which another… …
6original position — The position defined for the consideration of justice in Rawls s A Theory of Justice (1971). In Rawls s contractarian theory, a social structure is just only if it could have been contracted into by hypothetical rational agents who have ‘stripped …
7supplemental pleading — A pleading of new matter in support of an original complaint, bill, declaration, or petition. Jenkins v International Bank, 127 US 484, 32 L Ed 189, 8 S Ct 1186. A pleading bringing to the notice of the court matters occurring since the filing or …
8supplemental pleading — see pleading 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. supplemental pleading …
9departure in amended pleading — A change in the cause of action or defense pleaded in the original complaint or answer by an amendment thereto. 41 Am J1st Pl § 306 …
10Federal Rules of Civil Procedure — The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) are rules governing civil procedure in United States district (federal) courts, that is, court procedures for civil suits. The FRCP are promulgated by the United States Supreme Court pursuant to the… …
