pleading

IPA: pɫˈidɪŋ

The act of making a plea.
(law) A document filed in a lawsuit, particularly a document initiating litigation or responding to the initiation of litigation.

Examples of "pleading" in Sentences

Judge Carol Amon in pleading guilty to mail fraud.
On the pleadings the tenants did not allege negligence.
Some pleading is required before Elak will return to Atlantis.
Does anybody know where this capitalization fetish in pleading comes from?
My favorite moment was when she was pleading from the other room for Serena to help with her hair.
After a lot of pleading from the United States, they did reduce his whipping from six strokes with the bamboo stick from six to four.
Tomorrow is Christmas, then before we know it is is Spring, then Summer, the Halloween, and then here we are again pleading to you to overlook our naughtyness.
That's how bad things were, that's how successful Romney was in pleading his case that he was the best thing to hit the gay agenda since Judy Garland and disco.
Like dancers raising their arms in pleading ritualism, the scarlet tide splashed upward and drew back as gravity displayed evidence of past groping made in vain.
The pleading is put in issue by the denial of the alleged defamation, and if the matter set forth, with or without the alleged meaning, shows a cause of action, the pleading is sufficient.