Mispleading

Defined in 9 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Pleading incorrectly, or omitting anything in pleading which is essential to the support or defense of an action, is so called. 198 111. 466. 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. 865. It comprehends misdeclaring, whether the error is in separate counts, or in the mis-

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Pleading amiss or pleading wrongly. See 198 111. 462, 64 N. E. 1011.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

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.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Pleading incorrectly or omitting anything in pleading which ls essential to the support or defense of an action, ls so called; as in the case of a plaintiff not merely stating his title in a defective manner, but setting forth a title which is essentially defective in itself; or if, to an action of debt, the defendant pleads "not guilty" instead of nil debet. Brown. See Lovett v. Pell, 22 Wend. (N. Y.) 376; Chicago & A. R. Co. v. Murphy, 198 III. 462, 64 N. E. 1011.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Error in pleading; informal pleading, as pleading not guilty instead of nil debet to an action of debt

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Pleading incorrectly, or omitting anything in pleading which is essential to the support or defense of an action, is so called; as in the ease of a plaintiff not merely stating his title ina defective manner, but setting forth a title wlich is essentially defective in itself; or if, to an action of debt, the defendant pleads “not guilty” instead of nil debet. Brown.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Pleading.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

The use of a wrong plea, or the omission of an essential part; not curable by verdict.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

The omission, in pleading, of any thing essential to the action or defence; as if a plaintiS does not merely set forth his title in a defective manner, hut sets forth a title wholly defective in itself. The word was especially applied to such an error in pleading as could not he cured hy verdict. Mozley Sr W. Mispleading is pleading amiss, or pleading wrongly. The word comprehends misdeclaring, whether the error is in separate counts, or in the misjoining of counts. Lovett V. Pell, 22 Wend. 369, 376.