Sentence examples for initial pleading from inspiring English sources

He later sought to amend his petition to add an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim, but the court held that the amendment did not relate back to the initial pleading.

I agree with your reasoning and understand the nature of statements in an initial pleading, but can´t understand why her lawyers took that approach.

Smira's lawyer, Jesse Ortiz, said the lawsuit lacks legislators' names because it is not his practice to spell out such supporting details in an initial pleading.

During the month of his initial arrest, Lambesis pleaded "not guilty" and his lawyer stated: "His thought processes were devastatingly affected by his steroid use".

This could plead for initial non-operative treatment after birth and secondary closure if disproportion of the abdominal wall and visceral organs has decreased.

Faneuil admitted he had lied in his initial interviews with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, pleaded to a misdemeanor offense and agreed to cooperate against Stewart and his ex-boss.

The couple could have faced up to seven years in prison on the initial charges; instead Hamlet Garcia pleaded guilty to the lesser charges (the charges against Olesia were dropped), and together with Olesia's father, Grigori Sofitchouk, was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $10,752.81 to the Lower Moreland School District.

After the initial trials, other defendants began to plead guilty for reduced sentences or probation.

In late 1972, after an initial not-guilty plea, Mr. Gallagher pleaded guilty to tax evasion.

He had admitted to the crime but then retracted his confession and pleaded not guilty at his initial trial.

I plead guilty: I believed the initial story about al-Dura, and I was highly suspicious of the motivations of anyone attempting to disprove it.