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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPECIAL PLEADING

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Special pleading is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SPECIAL PLEADING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Special pleading

Special pleading is a form of spurious argument where a position in a dispute introduces favourable details or excludes unfavourable details by alleging a need to apply additional considerations without proper criticism of these considerations. Essentially, this involves someone attempting to cite something as an exception to a generally accepted rule, principle, etc. without justifying the exception. The lack of criticism may be a simple oversight or an application of a double standard.

Definition of special pleading in the English dictionary

The definition of special pleading in the dictionary is a pleading that alleges new facts that offset those put forward by the other side rather than directly admitting or denying those facts. Other definition of special pleading is a pleading that emphasizes the favourable aspects of a case while omitting the unfavourable.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPECIAL PLEADING

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WORDS THAT END LIKE SPECIAL PLEADING

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Synonyms and antonyms of special pleading in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «special pleading» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPECIAL PLEADING

Find out the translation of special pleading to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of special pleading from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «special pleading» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

诡辩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

defensa especial
570 millions of speakers

English

special pleading
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विशेष सिफ़ारिश
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

المرافعة خاص
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

специальная мольбы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

defesa especial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিশেষ কণ্ঠস্বর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

un plaidoyer pro domo
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merayu khas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sonderschriftsatz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

特別な嘆願
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

특별 탄원
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pleading khusus
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cầu xin đặc biệt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிறப்பு மன்றம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विशेष विनंत्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Özel yalvarma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

supplica speciale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Specjalne pismo procesowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спеціальна благання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pledoarie special
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ειδικό υπόμνημα
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

spesiale pleit
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

särskild inlaga
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

særkrav
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of special pleading

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPECIAL PLEADING»

The term «special pleading» is regularly used and occupies the 107.966 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPECIAL PLEADING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about special pleading

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPECIAL PLEADING»

Discover the use of special pleading in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to special pleading and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Popular letters on special pleading
here steps in the science of special pleading, which is part of the law, and by the rules of which the parties are constrained to limit and point their allegations in such a way that sooner or later they arrive inevitably at specific issues either of fact ...
Joseph Philips, 1848
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A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions: ...
SPECIAL PLEADING, 179, (i.) Srscrn mass, ibid. SPECIAL rsavnssn, 181-231, 230, 338, xlviii. examples of, 183, 186, 187, 220. essential parts of, 184. use of, 189, 338. inducement of, 184, 186, 188, 231. sometimes contains new at'firmative  ...
Henry John Stephen, Samuel Tyler, 1871
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The Historical Development of Code Pleading in America and ...
"There are no judges, no matter how learned," declares a formal report of able lawyers to the legislature of Ohio, in 1853, "to whom a statement of facts according to the rules of special pleading will not oftentimes be obscure and difficult to ...
Charles McGuffey Hepburn, 2002
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A new law dictionary: containing explanations of such ...
Special Occt/pant. Occupancy. See tit Special Paper. A court paper containing a list of special cases and demurrers set down therein for argument Special Pleader. See tit Special Pleading. Special Pleading. When the allegations (or pleadings ...
Henry James Holthouse, 1850
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Common-law Pleading: Its History and Principles : Including ...
Special pleading finds no refuge upon the habitable globe except, as I believe, in the State of New Jersey in America." * In confirmation of Lord Coleridge's statement, we find that the Common-Law Procedure Act of 1852, and the rules of court ...
Richard Ross Perry, 1897
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Critical Thinking For Psychology: A Student Guide
Special pleading is a style of argument that claims a global principle, then exempts one thing from it because it is somehow special. Sometimes, it can be legitimate, but sometimes the criterion forjudging the special case is irrelevant to the ...
Mark Forshaw, 2012
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A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and ...
Special pleading. When the allegations (or "pleadings," as they are called) of the contending parties in an action are not of the general or ordinary form, but are of a more complex or special character, they are denominated "special pleadings;"  ...
Henry Campbell Black, 1910
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The Legal Observer, Or, Journal of Jurisprudence
XI: Special Pleading. Law Tracts, No. XI : Special Pleading. or cause of action. This formal statement is called the Declaration. In every mode of procedure there evidently must be some act corresponding with the declaration. The Plea is the ...
‎1833
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The Legal Observer, Digest, and Journal of Jurisprudence
This has been made the ground of an objection to special pleading. But it seems to be less a fault of special pleading than of the discretion in the management of the case, which must be allowed to the parties or their legal advisers, under any ...
‎1833
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Crucible of Reason: Intentional Action, Practical ...
However, it is now clear why special pleading can no longer be used as an independent explanation for weak-willed actions; it is a secondary move, which can work only on the basis of a prior occurrence of ought-but-cannot incontinence.
Keith David Wyma, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPECIAL PLEADING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term special pleading is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dialogue will afford space to talk but little room for manoeuvre
The paper goes on to ask what can be done to direct the tax system away from incentives and “special pleading” towards improving the overall taxation ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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Vox: Poor Hillary Clinton Gets a Raw Deal from the Media
Vox has a piece on Hillary Clinton's unique relationship with the press which sounds a lot like special pleading in favor of a candidate who, by the author's own ... «Bayoubuzz, Jul 15»
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Do we still need women-only prizes in the arts?
I make no apology: I return to the issue of special circumstances for women in the arts ... I can't shake the feeling that gender-based special pleading implies a ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
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Don't Fall for Medical Device Tax Misinformation on Jobs and …
Calls to repeal the medical device tax reflect industry special pleading, all of it based on misinformation and exaggeration. Policymakers should resist. «U.S. News & World Report, Apr 15»
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Haitink's sober integrity tames Mahler's Seventh with CSO
With his textual fidelity and interpretive sobriety, the Dutch conductor's eschewing of sentiment paid off in giving us a Seventh without special pleading, warts and ... «Chicago Classical Review, Apr 15»
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CS Lewis Said It: God's “Goodness” Cannot Be Wholly Other
was most stringent in his criticisms of special pleading about God's goodness. He used strong language, possibly stronger than any I have ever used, about the ... «Patheos, Mar 15»
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European Parliament vote promotes idea of a Google breakup
"It potentially undermines the legitimacy of competition law if it is seen merely as another tool to be manipulated by special pleading and used for protectionist ... «CNET, Nov 14»
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Royal Mail shares fall sharply on concerns over competition
Some may dismiss this as special pleading from a company that does not much like competition. But I have just spoken to the Royal Mail's chief executive, Moya ... «BBC News, Nov 14»
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Only When I Laugh by Paul Merton review – 'no self-pity or special
His book reminded me a little of Alan Johnson's This Boy in the similar sense it conveys, without any self-pity or special pleading, of being ignored by his elders ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
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Special pleading against mass surveillance won't help anyone
Even British journalism's response to police misuse of these broadly-drawn powers is feeble at best, amounting to little more than special pleading. To its credit ... «Register, Sep 14»

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