pleading

详细解释:n. 辩论, 恳请, 答辩, 诉讼手续, 诉状
a. 恳求的
【法】 辩护, 抗辩, 诉讼程序

英语解释：

名词 pleading:

(law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding

动词 plead:

appeal or request earnestly同义词：plead