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Redundancy :: Redundancy (n.) Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.

Similiter :: Similiter (n.) The technical name of the form by which either party, in pleading, accepts the issue tendered by his opponent; -- called sometimes a joinder in issue..

Pleader :: Pleader (n.) One who draws up or forms pleas; the draughtsman of pleas or pleadings in the widest sense; as, a special pleader..

Recital :: Recital (n.) The formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation..

Exception :: Exception (n.) An objection, oral or written, taken, in the course of an action, as to bail or security; or as to the decision of a judge, in the course of a trail, or in his charge to a jury; or as to lapse of time, or scandal, impertinence, or insufficiency in a pleading; also, as in conveyancing, a clause by which the grantor excepts something before granted..

Misplead :: Misplead (v. i.) To err in pleading.

Protestation :: Protestation (n.) Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial..

Scandal :: Scandal (n.) Anything alleged in pleading which is impertinent, and is reproachful to any person, or which derogates from the dignity of the court, or is contrary to good manners..

Verify :: Verify (v. t.) To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenciate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like..

Impleading :: Impleading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Implea.

Advocacy :: Advocacy (n.) The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession.

Depart :: Depart (v. i.) To forsake; to abandon; to desist or deviate (from); not to adhere to; -- with from; as, we can not depart from our rules; to depart from a title or defense in legal pleading..

Oratrix :: Oratrix (n.) A woman plaintiff, or complainant, in equity pleading..

Conclusion :: Conclusion (n.) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, against the peace, etc..

Intercedent :: Intercedent (a.) Passing between; mediating; pleading.

Surplusage :: Surplusage (n.) Matter in pleading which is not necessary or relevant to the case, and which may be rejected..

Pleading :: Pleading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plea.

Prescriptive :: Prescriptive (a.) Consisting in, or acquired by, immemorial or long-continued use and enjoyment; as, a prescriptive right of title; pleading the continuance and authority of long custom..

Placitum :: Placitum (n.) A plea; a pleading; a judicial proceeding; a suit.

Answer :: Answer (n.) A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings; a confutation of what the other party has alleged; a responsive declaration by a witness in reply to a question. In Equity, it is the usual form of defense to the complainant's charges in his bill..

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