Associations to the word «Pleading»

Wiktionary

PLEADING, noun. The act of making a plea.
PLEADING, noun. (legal) A document filed in a lawsuit, particularly a document initiating litigation or responding to the initiation of litigation.
PLEADING, verb. Present participle of plead
PLEADING, adjective. That pleads.

Dictionary definition

PLEADING, noun. (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding.
PLEADING, adjective. Begging.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats