Legal Definition and Related Resources of Pleadings

In Chancery Practice. The written allegations of the respective parties in the suit. The pleadings in equity are less formal than those at common law. The parts of the . pleadings are (1) the bill, which contains the plaintiflf’s statement of his case, or information, where the suit IS brought by a public officer in behalf of the sovereign; (2) the demurrer, by which the defendant demands judgment of the court, whether he shall be compelled to answer the bill or not; (3) the plea, whereby he shows some cause why the suit should be dismissed or barred; (4) the answer, which, controverting the case stated by the bill, confesses and avoids it, or traverses and denies the material allegations in the bill, or, admitting the case made by the bill, submits to the judgment of the court upon it, or relies upon a new case, or upon new matter stated in the answer, or upon both; (5) disclaimer, which seeks at once a termination of the suit by the defendants, disclaiming all right and interest in the matter sought by the bill. Story, Eq. PI. § 546; Mitf. Eq. PI. (Jeremy Ed.) 13, 106; Cooper, Eq. PI. 108; 2 Story (U. S.) 59. In Common-Law Civil Practice. The statements of the parties, in legal and proper manner, of the causes of action and grounds of defense. The result of pleading. They were formerly made by the parties or their counsel, orally, in open court, under the control of the judge. They were then called the parole. 3 Bl. Comm. 293; 2 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 267. The regular parts are (1) the declaration or count; (2) the plea, which is either to the jurisdiction of the court, or suspending the action, as in the case of a parol demurrer, or in abatement, or in bar of the action, or in replevin, an avowry or cognizance; (3) the replication, and, in case of an evasive plea, a new assignment, or, in replevin, the plea in bar to the avowry or cognizance; (4) the rejoinder, or, in replevin the replication to the plea in bar; (5) the sur-rejoinder, being in replevin the rejoinder; (6) the rebutter; (7) the surrebutter (Viner, Abr. Pleas and Pleading [C] ; Bac. Abr. Pleas and Pleadings [A]); (8) pleas puis darrein continuance, when the matter of defense arises pending the suit. The irregular or collateral parts of pleading are stated to be (1) demurrers to any part of the pleadings above mentioned; (2) demurrers to evidence given at trials; (3) bills of exceptions; (4) pleas in scire facias; (5) and please in error. Viner, Abr. Pleas and Pleadings (C); Bouv. Inst. Index. In Civil Practice under the Codes. The pleadings are (1) the complaint, (2) the answer, (3) the reply, and (4) the demurrer, which lies to either complaint, answer or reply. In Criminal Practice. The pleadings are (1) the indictment; (2) the plea, either special or general.

Translate Motion For Judgment On The Pleadings from English to Spanish

Translation of Motion For Judgment On The Pleadings, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Pedimento para decidir el caso a base de los alegatos solamente and other legal terms is available here.

• Pedimento para decidir el caso a base de los alegatos solamente
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Translate Pleadings from English to Spanish

Translation of Pleadings , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Alegato and other legal terms is available here.

• Alegato
• Alegación
• Actuaciones alegatorias de las partes
• Escritos
• Defensa
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Pleadings in the law of the United States

Pleadings: Related U.S. Resources

• Pleadings in the American Law Encyclopedia
• Civil Judicial Process Keywords in the U.S. Legal Corpus
• Civil Process Topics in the United States Legal Dictionary

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Answer (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia) Discovery (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia).

Pleadings Meaning in the U.S. Court System

Written statements filed with the court that describe a party’s legal or factual assertions about the case.

Meaning of Pleadings in the U.S. Legal System

Definition of Pleadings published by the National Association for Court Management: The written statements of fact and law filed by the parties to a lawsuit.