Cassetur Breve

Cassetur breve (that the writ be quashed). When the defendant pleaded sufficient matter in abatement and the plaintiff could not deny it, he could either obtain leave to amend his declaration, or he might at once enter on the roll a casetur breve, or judgment upon his prayer that his writ might be quashed, to the intent that he might sue out a better, 2 Chit. Arch. Prac. Pleas in abatement are, however, now abolished by the Judicature Act, 1875. See Abatement.