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demurrer

a complaint or indictment) that admits its truth but also asserts that it is not sufficient as a cause of action

laches

to loosen, from laxus slack] 1 : undue delay in asserting a right or privilege compare statute of limitations 2 a

statement

declaration [a of policy] b : an oral or written assertion (as by a witness) or conduct intended as an assertion

Contradiction

An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed

Burden of proof

in issue is to be proved by the party who asserts the affirmative, according to the civil law maxims, Ei incumbit

In jure cessio

property. At trial, the transferee appeared before a praetor and asserted ownership of the property. The actual owner also appeared, but

Right to sue

'right to sue' means the right to bring a suit asserting a right to the same relief which the deceased plaintiff

Statement

SCR 875. (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 145) 1. A verbal assertion or nonverbal conduct intended as an assertion 2. A formal

minimum contacts

state that is sufficient under due process to support the assertion of personal jurisdiction under a long-arm statute see also doing

Claim

as claim by charter, descent, etc., Plow, 359 a. Any assertion of a right to a remedy, relief or property, either

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