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Plea

a demurrer in a still more limited sense and in modern practice the defendants answer to the plaintiffs declaration and demand That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the

Abatement

Abatement, a making less:- (1) Abatement of Freehold.-The title of a real action which has been abolished. This takes place where a person dies seised of an inheritance, and before the heir or devisee enters, a...

Acquired

Law. If there were any public notification, assertion or declaration by which the Government of this country had declared a territory as part and parcel of the territory of India, the Courts would be bound to recognise

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spontaneous exclamation

spontaneous exclamation : spontaneous declaration at declaration

spontaneous utterance

spontaneous utterance : spontaneous declaration at declaration

judgment

entered by a court by consent of the parties upon agreement or stipulation : consent decree at decree declaratory judgment : a judgment declaring a right or establishing the legal status or interpretation of a law or

pleading

pleading 1 a : one of the formal declarations (as a complaint or answer) exchanged by the parties in a legal proceeding (as a suit) setting forth

manifest necessity

nature that the conduct of trial or reaching of a fair result is impossible and which necessitates the declaration of a mistrial NOTE: If there is a manifest necessity for the declaration of a mistrial, the defendant

jurat

jurat [short for Latin juratum (est) it has been sworn] : a certification added to an affidavit stating when, before whom, and where the affidavit was made

homestead exemption

exemption : an exemption from liability that prevents creditors from obtaining satisfaction from a debtor's homestead see also declaration of homestead at declaration NOTE: The laws governing the homestead exemption vary greatly from state to state. Most

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