Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
judgment on the pleadings — see judgment 1a Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
motion for judgment on the pleadings — see motion Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
judgement on the pleadings — noun a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law • Syn: ↑summary judgment, ↑summary judgement, ↑judgment on the pleadings •… … Useful english dictionary
judgment on the pleadings — noun a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law • Syn: ↑summary judgment, ↑summary judgement, ↑judgement on the pleadings •… … Useful english dictionary
fact put in controversy by the pleadings — index issue (matter in dispute) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
material point deduced by the pleadings — index issue (matter in dispute) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sufficient on the pleadings — index prima facie (legally sufficient) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pleadings — The formal allegations by the parties to a lawsuit of their respective claims and defenses, with the intended purpose being to provide notice of what is to be expected at trial. Rules or Codes of Civil Procedure. Unlike the rigid technical system … Black's law dictionary
pleadings — plead‧ings [ˈpliːdɪŋz] noun [plural] LAW the arguments used by lawyers and others involved in a case in a court of law: • Bankruptcy lawyers are wondering how they will handle the pleadings of the roughly 21,000 creditors in the case. * * *… … Financial and business terms
judgment on the pleadings — A judgment rendered on motion:–in favor of the defendant for failure of the plaintiff to state a good cause of action in his complaint declaration, or petition; in favor of the plaintiff where the defendant fails to state in his answer a defense… … Ballentine's law dictionary
