Webster's English Dictionary

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pleading

plead.ing n 1: advocacy of a cause in a court of law  2a: one of the formal 
   usu. written allegations and counter allegations made  alternately by the 
   parties in a legal action or proceeding 2b: the action or process performed 
   by the parties in presenting such forma l allegations until a single point 
   at issue is produced 2c: the introduction of one of these allegations esp. 
   the first one  2d: the body of rules according to which these allegations 
   are framed  3: ADVOCACY, INTERCESSION