English Dictionary

shotgun pleading

名詞

(law) 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.

日本語の意味

（法律用語）多数の事実を無秩序に列挙し、明確な論点の構成を欠く訴状または答弁書を指す。 / （法的表現）訴因または防御の根拠として、過剰な事実を整理せずに主張する文書。

The judge dismissed the case after concluding that the complaint was a shotgun pleading that left the defense unable to respond.

裁判官は、訴状が事実を過剰に列挙して構成が不明瞭なため被告が答弁できないと判断し、事件を却下した。

意味（1）

(law) 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.

shotgun pleadings （ plural ）