special+pleading
41pleading — [[t]pli͟ːdɪŋ[/t]] pleadings 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n A pleading expression or gesture shows someone that you want something very much. ...his pleading eyes. ...the pleading expression on her face... Her voice was pleading. Syn: beseeching Derived words …
42pleading — Synonyms and related words: adjuratory, answer, appealing, argument, argumentum, bar, begging, beseeching, case, cons, consideration, counsel, counterstatement, defense, demurrer, denial, elenchus, entreating, exception, ignoratio elenchi,… …
43special issue — A plea denying some one material and traversable allegation in the declaration, and concluding to the contrary. Such a plea never advances new matter, but merely denies some particular material and traversable allegation, the denial of which is,… …
44special plea — A plea by the accused in a criminal case other than a plea of guilty or not guilty. 21 Am J2d Crim L §§ 458 et seq. See special pleading …
45pleading diet — noun (Scots law) A preliminary appearance in court of the accused person before a trial, at which the accused indicates whether he or she will plead guilty or not guilty, and lodges any special pleas, eg of insanity, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑plead …
46Special pleader — A special pleader was a practitioner in English law who specialised in drafting pleadings , in modern terminology statements of case.Up to the nineteenth century there were many rules, technicalities and difficulties in drafting pleadings and… …
47special matter — In common law pleading, under a plea of the general issue, the defendant is allowed to give special matter in evidence, usually after notice to the plaintiff of the nature of such matter, thus sparing him the necessity of pleading it specially. 3 …
48Special Panels of the Dili District Court — The Special Panels of the Dili District Court (also called the East Timor Tribunal) was the hybrid international–East Timorese tribunal that was created in 2000 by the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) to try cases …
49special errors — In common law pleading, special pleas in error are such as, instead of joining in error, alleging some extraneous matter as a ground of defeating the writ of error, e.g., a release of errors, expiration of the tune within which error might be… …
50special demurrer — A demurrer aimed at a particular defect in a pleading, which must be assigned as the ground of demurrer. 41 Am J1st Pl § 225. A demurrer which lies only for defects in form and adds to a general demurrer a specification of the particular ground… …
