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Definition :

Protestando, a word made use of to avoid double pleading in actions; it prevented the party that made it from being concluded, by the plea he was about to make, that issue could not be joined upon it; and it was also a form of pleading, where one would not directly affirm or deny anything alleged by another or himself. It was formally abolished by Rule of Court in 1834, whereby it was rendered unnecessary, Chit. Pl. 646.

As to protestation in equity pleadings, consult Story's Eq. Pl.; Daniell's Chancery Practice.