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Summons
Court of Summary Jurisdiction.--See s. 1 of Summary Jurisdiction Act, 1848 (Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Justices'), for summons to answer charge which justices may themselves deal with, and s. 9 of Indictable Offences Act, 1848, for summons on
Reply
response of the opening counsel on a trial, which is only allowed when evidence has been given in answer to the case first stated, except in the case of the Crown, which is always entitled to reply.
Plea
Plea [fr. plee, Fr.]. this was the name of a defendant's answer of fact to a plaintiff's declaration; anciently a suit or action. Pleas were divided into common pleas, relating
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Justification
maintaining or showing a sufficient reason in court why the defendant did what he is called upon to answer, particularly in an action of libel; a defence of justification is a defence showing the libel to be
Jury
an acquittal. Similar customs may be observed in the laws of Athens and Rome, where dikaotai and judices answer to jurors, an of the continental Angli and Frisiones, though the number of jurors varied. See, as to
Guaranty, or Guarantee
Guaranty, or Guarantee, a promise to a person to be answerable for the payment of a debt or the performance of a duty by another, in case he should
Fugitation
Fugitation. In Scotland, when a criminal does not obey the citation to answer, the Court pronounces sentence of fugitation against him, which induces a forfeiture of goods and chattels to the
Discovery
by compelling such a party to disclose the fact, or discover the document, upon his oath, in his answer to a bill of complaint, filed by the opposite party, called a bill of discovery, which was an
Desertion
party. The fact that a husband makes an allowance to a wife whom he has abandoned is no answer to a charge of desertion. The offence of desertion is a course of conduct which exists independently of
Pragmatic sanction
Pragmatic sanction, a rescript or answer of the sovereign, delivered by advice of his council to some college, order, or body of people, who
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