Exact Match:
- pleading
- (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
Synonyms:
- adjuratory,
- answer,
- appealing,
- argument,
- argumentum,
- bar,
- begging,
- beseeching,
- case,
- cons,
- consideration,
- counsel,
- counterstatement,
- defense,
- demurrer,
- denial,
- elenchus,
- entreating,
- exception,
- ignoratio elenchi,
- imploring,
- legal profession,
- objection,
- plaidoyer,
- plea,
- pleadings,
- precative,
- precatory,
- pros,
- pros and cons,
- reason,
- rebuttal,
- refutation,
- reply,
- representation,
- response,
- riposte,
- special demurrer,
- special pleading,
- statement of defense,
- talking point