equity pleading
equity pleading 衡平法上的诉状 衡平法诉讼中根据衡平法传统惯例提出的诉状，包括起诉状、请求书、答辩状、反诉状等。这种诉状现已大多被成文法规定的诉状所替代，尤其在衡平法诉讼与普通法诉讼已合并为一或现在只有一种诉讼即民事诉讼〔civil action〕的司法管辖区内更是如此。
equity pleading
equity pleading
The system of pleading used in courts of equity. • In most jurisdictions, rules unique to equity practice have been largely supplanted by rules of court, esp. where law courts and equity courts have merged. [Cases: Equity 128–335.]