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▪ I. stating, vbl. n.|ˈsteɪtɪŋ| [f. state v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb state.
1652in Verney Mem. (1904) I. 519 W. R. had done nothing in order to y⊇ stating of the accounts. 1652Nedham tr. Selden's Mare Cl. 167 The Ancient Orators,..whilst they allege Examples about the stating of Questions in pleading, do mingle [etc.]. 1654Hammond Of Fundamentals ix. §9. 9 Many other inconveniences there are consequent to this stating of the question. 1662Jer. Taylor Via Intell. 8 Many of our Controversies and peevish wranglings are kept up by the ill stating of the Question. 1780Burke Corr. (1844) II. 333 When any new propositions are made without their explanations, their qualifications, and a full stating of their grounds. 1798Hutton Course Math. I. 49 Compound Proportion teaches how to resolve such questions as require two or more statings by Simple Proportion. ▪ II. stating, ppl. a.|ˈsteɪtɪŋ| [f. state v. + -ing2.] That states; spec. in Law (see quots.).
1787J. Mitford Plead. Suits Chanc. (ed. 2) 42 The third part contains the case of the plaintiffs, and is commonly called the stating part of the bill. 1796C. Barton Suit Equity 27 The Premises, or, as more usually stiled, the Stating Part of the Bill. 1838J. Story Comm. Equity Plead. §27. 20. |