Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pleading_in_the_alternative

1 sense of pleading in the alternative

Sense 1
alternative pleading, pleading in the alternative -- (a pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is difficult to determine which facts the person intends to rely on)
       => pleading -- ((law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding)