notice pleading
A procedural system requiring that the pleader give only a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief, and not a complete detailing of all the facts. Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a). [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 673; Pleading 16, 48. C.J.S. Pleading §§ 9, 116–124, 132–133, 162, 164.]