Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pleading"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pleading \Plead"ing\, n.
The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by
arguments.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plead \Plead\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pleaded} (colloq. {Plead}or
{Pled}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Pleading}.] [OE. pleden, plaiden,
OF. plaidier, F. plaider, fr. LL. placitare, fr. placitum.
See {Plea}.]
1. To argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the
claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing;
to attempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; to
speak by way of persuasion; as, to plead for the life of a
criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father.
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man
pleadeth for his neighbor! --Job xvi. 21.
2. (Law) To present an answer, by allegation of fact, to the
declaration of a plaintiff; to deny the plaintiff's
declaration and demand, or to allege facts which show that
ought not to recover in the suit; in a less strict sense,
to make an allegation of fact in a cause; to carry on the
allegations of the respective parties in a cause; to carry
on a suit or plea. --Blackstone. Burrill. Stephen.
3. To contend; to struggle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pleading
adj : expressing earnest entreaty; "the appealing and frightened
look worn by an injured dog"; "she holds out her hand
for money, importunate, insistent"; "a pleading note in
her voice" [syn: {appealing}, {imploring}, {importunate}]
n : (law) an allegation in legal form stating something on
behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
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