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preceding pleading
A preceding pleading is one of the submissions in writing to another party to at some point resolve a dispute with them.
Pleadings are the process by which opposing parties alternately present their contentions in writing, each responding to the immediately preceding pleading of the other party, thereby narrowing the controversy until a single point of dispute emerges, called the issue. It is the issue which is resolved at trial.
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