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Definition :

Relicta verificatione. ['his pleading being aban-doned'] Where a judgment was confessed by cognovit actionem after plea pleaded, and the plea was withdrawn, it was called a confession or cognovit actionem relicta verification, 2 Chit. Arch. Prac.

Formerly, a defendant who had pleaded a bad plea which was demurred to, could withdraw it by entering a relicta verificatione, upon which he would not have to pay costs until the plaintiff obtained judgment in the action; but by Reg. Gen. H.T. 1853, r. 8, 'a defendant shall not be at liberty to waive his plea, or enter a relicta verificatione after a demurrer, without leave of the Court or a judge, unless by consent of the plaintiff or his attorney', 2 Chit. Arch. Prac.