The legal argument made on appeal that pertains to the issue being appealed from a lower court. A legal argument that is set before a court that aids it in making proper judgement. It will submit facts and points of law that will bolster its contention. … [Read more...]

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In pleading. Indirect; inferential. Steph. PI. 179. A pleading is so called in which the statement on which the pleader relies Is implied instead of being expressed, or where it contains, in addition to proper statements of facts, reasoning or arguments upon those facts and their relation to the matter in dispute, such as should be reserved for presentation at the trial. … [Read more...]

The name of one of the new states of the United States. It was admitted into the Union by the act of congress of June 15th, 1836. … [Read more...]

What is used by way of reasoning in pleading is so called. 2. It is a rule that pleadings must not be argumentative. For example, when a defendant is sued for taking away the goods of the plaintiff, he must not plead that the plaintiff never had any goods, because although this may be an infallible argument it is not a good plea. The plea should be not guilty. … [Read more...]