Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shotgun pleading

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: shot-gun -plead-ing
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A legal complaint or an answer to a complaint which sets forth an excessive number of facts with no clear organization, and then asserts that those facts describe a cause of action or a defense.

Inflected Forms

shotgun pleadings (plural)

Questions

What does shotgun pleading mean?: A legal complaint or an answer to a complaint which sets forth an excessive number of facts with no clear organization, and then asserts that those facts describe a cause of action or a defense.

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