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judicial confession
judicial confession : a confession made in a legal proceeding (as in a trial) [a guilty plea supported by a judicial confession]
Confession by culprit
Confession by culprit, the acknowledgment by a criminal of the offence charged against him when charged by any person or called upon to plead to the indictment. A confession before trial, if given without any inducement...
Confession to a priest
Confession to a priest. The English law does not recognise the duty of a priest (whether Roman Catholic or Anglican) to keep secrets revealed to him in his religious character, Normanshaw v. Normanshaw, (1893) 69 LT...
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Confession of plea
Confession of plea. A plea containing a defence arising after the commencement of an action, or after the last pleading, might be confessed by the plaintiff, Reg. Gen. H.T. 1853, rr. 22, 23. See previous title.
Confession and avoidance, plea of
Confession and avoidance, plea of, a plea in bar, admitting the facts alleged in the declaration to be true, but showing some new facts, tending to obviate their legal effect. All matters in confession and avoidance...
confession and avoidance
confession and avoidance : a common-law plea in which a party confesses an allegation but alleges additional facts to avoid the intended legal effect of the original allegation compare demurrer
Confession of defence
Confession of defence. Where defendant alleges a ground of defence arising since the commencement of the action, the plaintiff may deliver confession of such defence and sign judgment for his costs up to the time of...
confession of judgment
confession of judgment :acknowledgment by a debtor of a claim and consent that a judgment may be entered usu. without notice or hearing for the amount of the claim when it is due and unpaid compare...
Confessing error
Confessing error, the affirmative plea to an assignment of error.
Confession, judgment by
Confession, judgment by. See COGNOVIT.
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