Pleading

Introduction to Pleading

Pleading, in law, formal written statement made by a plaintiff or a defendant in a lawsuit.” (1)

Resources

Notes and References

• Information about Pleading in the Encarta Online Encyclopedia

Guide to Pleading

The Legal History of Pleading

This section provides an overview of Pleading

Resources

See Also

• Legal Biography
• Legal Traditions
• Historical Laws
• History of Law

Further Reading

• Pleading in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press)
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History (Oxford University Press)
• Pleading in the Dictionary of Concepts in History, by Harry Ritter
• A Short History of Western Legal Theory, by John Kelly