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Wireless telegraphy
except under and in accordance with a licence granted in that behalf by the Postmaster-General. Search-warrants may be issued by order of the Postmaster-General, the Admiralty, Army Council, Air Council, or Board of Trade. The Act extends
Special pleas
Special pleas, pleas not in the form of what were called general issues, but which allege affirmative matter, as infancy, coverture, statute of limitations, etc., see DEFENCE. Special pleas in … Special pleas, pleas not in the form of what were called general issues, but which allege affirmative matter, as infancy, coverture, statute of limitations, etc., see DEFENCE. Special pleas in bar
Respondeat ouster
a plea in bar, he has judgment of respondent ouster, and may plead over to the offence the general issue, not guilty, Steph. Com., 7th ed., iii. 569; iv. 405. (let him make further answer) -- A judgment
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VerbarNon est factum
The plea of the general issue in an action of debt on bond
Express colour
in pleading. an evasive form of special pleading in a case where the defendant ought to plead the general issue. Abolished by the (English) Common Law Procedure Act, 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c. 76), s. 64.
Ne disturba pas
Ne disturba pas, the general issue in quare impedit. It simply denied that the defendant obstructed the presentation, and was adapted to no other
Ne dona pas, or non dedit
Ne dona pas, or non dedit, the general issue in a formedon, now abolished. It denied the gift in tail to have been made in manner and
Nil debet
Nil debet (he owes nothing), the old form of the general issue in all actions of debt not founded on a specialty. This plea was not allowed after Reg. Gen.
Not guilty
of duty or wrongful act alleged to have been committed by the defendant; this was called pleading the 'general issue.' See PLEADING. The plea of not guilty, jin criminal proceedings, is the proper form wherever a prisoner means
Not guilty by Statute
allowed defendants sued for doing things in pursuance of them to plead 'not guilty by statute' (or the general issue, as it was described in the statute). They are mostly repealed by the Public Authorities Protection Act, 1893;
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