- In law as
practiced in
countries that
follow the
English models, a
pleading is a
formal written statement of one party's
claims or
defenses in response...
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Special pleading is an
informal fallacy wherein a
person claims an
exception to a
general or
universal principle, but the
exception is unjustified. It...
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Alternative pleading (or
pleading in the alternative) is the
legal term in the law of the
United States for a form of
pleading that
permits a
party in...
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Pleading the
belly was a
process in
English common law
which permitted a
woman in the
later stages of
pregnancy to
receive a
reprieve of her
death sentence...
-
Pleading Guilty (1993), is
Scott Turow's
third novel, and like the
previous two it is set in
fictional Kindle County. The
story is a
legal thriller about...
- An
abatement in
pleading, or plea in abatement, was a
defence in
common law to
legal proceedings that did not
contest the
principle of the plaintiff's...
- The
Pleading in
English Act 1362 (36 Edw. 3 Stat. 1. c. 15),
often rendered Statute of
Pleading, was an Act of the
Parliament of England. The Act complained...
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serve as a
witness in a
criminal case in
which he or she is a defendant. "
Pleading the Fifth" is a
colloquial term
often used to
invoke the Self-Incrimination...
-
Archbold Criminal Pleading,
Evidence and
Practice (usually
called simply Archbold) is the
leading practitioners' book for
criminal lawyers in
England and...
- that no fine
shall be
taken of
anyone in any
court for fair
pleading, i.e. for not
pleading aptly, and to the purpose.
Statute of
Marlborough This article...
