Pleaded
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Alleged or averred, in form, in a judicial proceeding. It more often refers to matter of defence, but not invariably. To say that matter in a declaration or replication is not well pleaded would not be deemed erroneous. of discharge may be pleaded as a full bar, such a certificate may be proved under a notice annexed to a plea; the word pleaded should not be strictly construed.
Campbell V. Perkins, 8 N. Y. 430.