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shotgun pleadings

shotgun pleadings is the plural of shotgun pleading.

Meaning of shotgun pleading

Noun

shotgun pleading (plural shotgun pleadings)

  1. A legal complaint or an answer to a complaint which sets forth an excessive number of facts with no clear organization, and then asserts that those facts describe a cause of action or a defense.

Questions about shotgun pleadings

What is shotgun pleadings the plural of?
Shotgun pleadings is the plural of shotgun pleading.

Words near shotgun pleadings in the dictionary

  1. shotgun microphones
  2. shotgun mics
  3. shotgun offense
  4. shotgun offenses
  5. shotgun pleading
  6. shotgun pleadings
  7. shotgun proteomics
  8. shotgun sequencing
  9. shotgun shack
  10. shotgun shacks
  11. shotgun start

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