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Peremptory Rule. Formerly a defendant might obtain a peremptory rule to declare within a certain time, absolute in the first instance. This was abolished by (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 53, and a four-day notice substituted. See now PLEADING; STATEMENT OF DEFENCE.