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Noun: special pleading  'spe-shul 'plee-ding
  1. An argument that ignores all unfavourable evidence
     
  2. (law) a pleading that alleges new facts in avoidance of the opposing allegations

Derived forms: special pleadings

Type of: pleading, specious argument

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