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artful pleading
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artful
pleading
(
countable
and
uncountable
,
plural
artful pleadings
)
(
US
law
)
The filing under
state
law of a
claim
naturally arising under
federal
law.
Suing his employer for negligence rather than for violation of the Federal Employers Liability Act was an
artful pleading
, and the defendant properly removed the proceedings to federal district court.