What is Pleadings?
Documents filed by the parties in a civil litigation case that set forth their respective averments of fact and law; this includes the complaint, answer, reply, counterclaim, and amended pleading. Motions and Petitions are not generally considered to be pleadings.
Further Reading
For more detailed information, see our related Civil Procedure terms:
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