unˈpleadable, a.
[un-1 7 b, 5 b.]
† 1. Improper for legal pleadings. Obs.—1
| 1569 J. Sandford tr. Agrippa's Van. Artes 85 b, The yeere diuided in xii monethes with the varieties of pleadable and unpleadable dayes. |
2. Incapable of being pleaded or urged.
| a 1716 South Serm. (1744) VII. 202 All ignorance, that is merely negative.., is utterly inconsistent with [this], and makes [it] absolutely unpleadable. 1869 Browning Ring & Bk. ix. 1443 A flight..unpleadable in court! |