What's the difference between litigation and pleading?

Litigation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial contest.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A preliminary "profile" of the patient with low back pain who would likely benefit from manual therapy included acute symptom onset with less than a 1-month duration of symptoms, central or paravertebral pain distribution, no previous exposure to spinal manipulation, and no pending litigation or workers' compensation.
  • (2) The clinical evaluation requires knowledge of the characteristics of physician substance abuse, of emotional disturbances including suicidality, of the emotional impact of litigation, and of the underlying causes of such unethical conduct as inappropriate prescribing of controlled substances and sexual contact with patients.
  • (3) RBS says Green & Co is the "practising name of solicitors employed by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group", while Lloyds says SCM is "part of the in-house litigation department of Lloyds Banking Group ".
  • (4) Its response was an “engagement and litigation strategy coordinated and aligned across the Group”.
  • (5) The litigation revealed that Mr Mercer, who had a history of infiltrating peace groups such as CND, had disguised his dealings with BAE from his home in Loughborough.
  • (6) "While it is true that legal aid is higher per capita in the UK than in almost all other countries in Europe, our judicial and court costs are much lower per capita," he told the Harbour Litigation Funding lecture.
  • (7) Such a complication tends to be the subject of litigation and medicolegal assessment.
  • (8) Some psychiatrists misuse theoretical concepts beyond their generally accepted dimensions in an attempt to support a conclusion favorable to a litigant or defendant.
  • (9) A specialist in commercial litigation,Vos, 56 next week, also took a strong interest in widening access to the legal profession, chairing the Social Mobility Foundation and advising the last Labour government.
  • (10) We regret this situation has resulted in litigation, however it is our sincere hope that the matter can be resolved amicably.
  • (11) That lesson also is for Labor when it comes to climate: we have got to re-litigate the case and I don’t think Labor was expecting that we’d have to go back to first principles,” Shorten said.
  • (12) Jeff Zent, a spokesman for Dalrymple, said it's the governor's "standing policy not to comment on litigation".
  • (13) Consequently, dentists may find it helpful to be aware of the somewhat unique nature of litigation arising out of professional services provided with respect to periodontal disease.
  • (14) The Yankees president, Randy Levine, and Cashman had a conference call with Tim Lentych, the head athletic trainer at the player development complex in Tampa; Rodriguez; and Jordan Siev, co-head of the US commercial litigation group at Reed Smith.
  • (15) The basis of workers' compensation legislation involves workers giving up their common-law right to litigate for losses owing to occupational injuries (including pain and suffering) in exchange for guaranteed protection against income losses.
  • (16) In 90% of patients, litigation was in process or under consideration.
  • (17) He concludes that a sensitive and effective relationship between treaters and patients remains the best safeguard against malpractice litigation.
  • (18) The only reason they are offering to apologise now is because 14 civil litigant cases are currently going though the courts."
  • (19) To those physicians who have eliminated obstetrics from their practice in the past five years, fear of litigation and increasing malpractice insurance costs were significantly more important issues than to their colleagues who had stopped doing obstetrics prior to 1976.
  • (20) This agreement, if approved, avoids the time and cost of litigation and allows the city to continue its focus to ensure constitutional policing and court practices, and thus provides these benefits to the citizens of Ferguson,” the statement said.

Pleading


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plead
  • (n.) The act of advocating, defending, or supporting, a cause by arguments.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We could do with similar action to cut out botnets and spam, but there aren't any big-money lobbyists coming to Mandelson pleading loss of business through those.
  • (2) Coup leader Captain Amadou Sanogo on Friday pleaded for foreign help to preserve the territorial integrity of the former French colony, a major gold and cotton producer.
  • (3) As Greece pleads with its eurozone creditors for more time in meeting its fiscal adjustment targets, Dombrovskis is a fierce champion of surgical austerity applied quickly and ruthlessly.
  • (4) Seven more were charged in the US and four more, including the former Concacaf general secretary Chuck Blazer, pleaded guilty.
  • (5) Commanders were calling Roberts on his mobile phone, pleading for help.
  • (6) One little boy grabbed me and pleaded with me, that the Jungle was not a good place, and he didn’t want to be there.” Last month, protesters staged a die-in at St Pancras station in London against plans to clear the area of the Jungle.
  • (7) The results observed plead in favour of the notion that frozen-defrosted blood, combines the advantages of washed blood, freed from all plasma and cellular contaminants of fresh blood with preservation of the oxyphoric power.
  • (8) It stated that, at the Place du Canada rally, prime minister Pierre Trudeau pleaded with Quebecers to vote no.
  • (9) One group of clergy had spent the evening marching through the west side, pleading with people to remain peaceful.
  • (10) Artists round the globe may plead free speech, but to treat the Pussy Riot gesture as a glorious stand for artistic liberty is like praising Johnny Rotten, who did similar things, as the Voltaire of our day.
  • (11) Wildstein, a high-ranking Port Authority official, pleaded guilty to orchestrating the scheme and was the prosecution’s star witness .
  • (12) The film director faced a jail term after he pleaded guilty to having unlawful sex with Samantha Gailey (now Geimer), then aged 13.
  • (13) Next to Aung San Suu Kyi was General Zaw Win, deputy minister for border affairs, who accompanied the Guardian to Rakhine state in December, where he openly laughed at a teary-eyed Rohingya man in an internally displaced persons camp who pleaded : "We are real Rohingya – please recognise us."
  • (14) The Premier League set up a disciplinary tribunal to try West Ham, who in April 2007 pleaded guilty.
  • (15) And secretary of state Hillary Clinton, visiting Hungary in 2011, pleaded for “a real commitment to the independence of the judiciary, a free press, and governmental transparency”.
  • (16) Sydney siege inquest: hostage pleaded with police to storm Lindt cafe urgently Read more They had taken cover after the final group to escape the siege had successfully fled in the early hours of 16 December 2014.
  • (17) David Coleman Headley, 49, pleaded guilty in a US court yesterday to all 12 counts he faced.
  • (18) But when it was suggested by the court that he could face five years in prison if he fought the charges he pleaded guilty – and was then shocked when he was handed 18 months in military detention rather than the expected suspended sentence.
  • (19) Breadline defendants are choosing to plead guilty and pay the £150 rather than run the risk of an even higher charge by pleading not guilty.
  • (20) Gun sales are continuing to spike around Ferguson, Missouri, as security firms plead with authorities to make it easier for them to hire new guards in advance of a grand jury’s decision on whether to charge a white police officer for shooting dead an unarmed black 18-year-old.