sham pleading — see pleading 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. sham pleading n … Law dictionary
sham pleading — Allegations pleaded in bad faith. A pleading which is false in fact to the knowledge of the pleader, whatever it may be in form. 41 Am J1st Pl § 50. A pleading palpably and manifestly false on its face. Commonwealth ex rel. Meredith v Murphy, 295 … Ballentine's law dictionary
pleading — plead·ing n 1 a: one of the formal declarations (as a complaint or answer) exchanged by the parties in a legal proceeding (as a suit) setting forth claims, averments, allegations, denials, or defenses; also: a written document embodying such a… … Law dictionary
sham — 1 / sham/ n: something that is false, deceptive, misleading, or otherwise not genuine sham 2 adj: not genuine: intended to mislead or deceive: false illusory the sale for one dollar was a sham transfer of property Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of… … Law dictionary
sham answer — See sham pleading … Ballentine's law dictionary
sham defense — See sham pleading … Ballentine's law dictionary
false pleading — A pleading good in form but sham for want of good faith in making the allegations. 41 Am J1st Pl § 50. See sham pleading … Ballentine's law dictionary
striking pleading — A remedy against immaterial, irrelevant, redundant, scandalous and impertinent matter in a pleading. 41 Am J1st Pl §§ 349 et seq. A remedy against a pleading considered as a whole, as where the pleading is sham or frivolous or is clearly and… … Ballentine's law dictionary
pleadings — The formal allegations by the parties to a lawsuit of their respective claims and defenses, with the intended purpose being to provide notice of what is to be expected at trial. Rules or Codes of Civil Procedure. Unlike the rigid technical system … Black's law dictionary
answer — As a verb, the word denotes an assumption of liability, as to answer for the debt or default of another. Discovery. A person who fails to answer, or answers evasively or incompletely, deposition or interrogatory questions, may be compelled to do… … Black's law dictionary
