Mispleading
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Pleading incorrectly, or omitting anything in pleading which is essential to the support or defence of an action, is so called. Pleading not guilty to an action of debt Is an example of the first; setting out a defective title is an example of the second.
See 3 Salk. 366.