In equity law, a pleading that seeks the disclosure of facts known by the adverse party. See also discovery. bill of exceptions. n. 1 A written statement from a trial judge to an appellate court listing a party's objections or exceptions made during the trial and the grounds on which they were based. 2 In some states, a detailed record made, after a trial judge has excluded evidence, of what that evidence was so that, in case of an appeal, the appellate court can better determine whether it w...