单词 | unpleadable |
释义 | unpleadableadj. Now chiefly Law. Not pleadable, esp. in a court of law.Recorded earliest in unpleadable brief n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [adjective] > unable to be alleged in excuse unpleadable1472 1472 in W. Fraser Lennox (1874) II. 87 Be ony maner of breve, pledibill na vnpledibill,..befor ony kynd of juge. 1581 B. Rich Farewell Militarie Profession sig. Hjv She beyng under couert barne, your Obligation is unpleadable. a1630 S. Page Godly Expos. Lords Prayer (1631) 331 Daniel renounceth all respects drawne from himselfe, as vnpleadable. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VII. 202 All ignorance, that is merely negative.., is utterly inconsistent with [this], and makes [it] absolutely unpleadable. 1765 Information for Mr. D. Moncrieff against Mr. R. Wingate 10 Another Supposition, equally unpleadable, is, that the Thirlage and Multures may have been acquired to this Mill at some Period of Time, posterior to the Reign of Alexander III. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. ix. 243 A flight..unpleadable in court! 1913 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 15 Apr. 1/1 The contention that the points raised were unpleadable was not upheld. 2008 Tulane Law Rev. 38 1254 Investing more resources into the investigation of those cases to ensure that they do not get stuck with unpleadable and untriable cases later. CompoundsΚΠ 1472Breve vnpledibill [see main sense]. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > a or the session of a court > [adjective] > day when cause cannot be heard unpleadable day1569 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 85 b The yeere diuided in xii monethes with the varieties of pleadable and unpleadable dayes [L. fastorum, & nefastorum dierum uarietate]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1472 |
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