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Autrefois acquit
if he be thus indicted a second time, he may plead autrefois acquit, which will be a good bar to the indictment. The true test, whether such a plea is a sufficient bar, is, whether the evidence … Autrefois acquit (formerly acquitted), a plea in criminal cases; when a person is indicted for an offence and acquitted, he cannot be afterwards indicted for
Blank bar
Matched in: Term Blank bar
Special pleas
issues, but which allege affirmative matter, as infancy, coverture, statute of limitations, etc., see DEFENCE. Special pleas in bar in criminal matters go to the merits of the indictment, and give a reason why the prisoner ought … Special pleas, pleas not in the form of what were called general issues, but which allege affirmative matter, as infancy,
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Plea
Matched in: Term Plea
Uncore prist
Uncore prist, the plea of a defendant in the nature of a plea in bar, where being sued for a debt due on bond at a day past, to save the forfeiture
Confession and avoidance, plea of
Matched in: Term Confession and avoidance, plea of
nolo contendere
guilt subjects the defendant to conviction as in the case of a guilty plea but that does not bar denial of the truth of the charges in another proceeding (as a civil action based on the same
Non demisit
plaintiff declared upon a demise without stating the indenture in an action of debt for rent. 2. A plea in bar, in replevin, to an avowry for arrears of rent, that the avowrant did not demise.
Precludi non
Precludi non (not to be barred) was the technical name of the commencement of a replication to a plea in bar (1 Chit. Pl. 627, 752), abolished by C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 66.
Culprit
Culprit. The prisoner at the Bar awaiting his trial after a plea of not guilty. 'Its first recorded use is in the trial of
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