sham pleading

sham pleading
sham pleading see pleading 1

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

sham pleading
n.
A pleading that appears genuine but is not based on any real issue of material fact, and is so clearly false that it does not raise a bona fide issue.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


sham pleading
n. A civil pleading that appears to have merit, but for which no supporting facts exist, and that has brought for no purpose but to vex or to harass the defendant.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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