DEFECTIVE PLEADING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does defective pleading mean? 

• DEFECTIVE PLEADING (noun)
  The noun DEFECTIVE PLEADING has 1 sense:

1. any pleading that fails to conform in form or substance to minimum standards of accuracy or sufficiency

  Familiarity information: DEFECTIVE PLEADING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEFECTIVE PLEADING (noun)

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Meaning:

Any pleading that fails to conform in form or substance to minimum standards of accuracy or sufficiency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("defective pleading" is a kind of...):

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

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)