Pleaded
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Alleged or averred, inform, in a judicial proceeding. It more often refers to matter of defense, bnt not invariably. To say that matter in a declaration or replication is not well pleaded would not be deemed erroneous. Abbott.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
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.