English Explanatory Dictionary

shotgun pleading

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

shotgun pleading shotgun pleadings
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