Never Indebted, Plea Of

Never Indebted, plea of, a species of traverse which occurred in actions of debt on simple contract, and was resorted to when the defendant meant to deny in point of fact the existence of any express contract to the effect alleged in the declaration, or to deny the matters of facts from which such contract would bylaw be implied, Steph. Plead., 7th ed. 153, 156. By R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XIX., r. 17, a defendant may not deny geneally the facts alleged by the plaintiff. See, further, PLEADING.