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SPECIAL PLEADING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does special pleading mean?
• SPECIAL PLEADING (noun)
The noun SPECIAL PLEADING has 2 senses:
1. an argument that ignores all unfavorable evidence
2. (law) a pleading that alleges new facts in avoidance of the opposing allegations
Familiarity information: SPECIAL PLEADING used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An argument that ignores all unfavorable evidence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("special pleading" is a kind of...):
specious argument (an argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(law) a pleading that alleges new facts in avoidance of the opposing allegations
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("special 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)
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