What is the meaning of pleading?

Law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding. (

Appeal or request earnestly.
- usage: "I pleaded with him to stop"
- synonyms: plead
Offer as an excuse or plea.
- usage: "She was pleading insanity"
- synonyms: plead
Enter a plea, as in courts of law.
- usage: "She pleaded not guilty"
- synonyms: plead
Make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts.
- synonyms: plead

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