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Plea
the dilatory showed some ground for quashing the declaration, the peremptory for defeating the action. Consult Bullen and Leake, or Odgers on Pleading, and Ch. Arch. Practice. In equity, a plea was resorted to by a defendant
Misrepresentation
in their original position; but see Jones & Co. v. Waring & Gillow Ltd., 1926 AC 670. See Leake on Contracts. Misrepresentation of Solvency, etc. By s. 6 of the (English) Statute of Frauds Amendment Act, 1828
New assignment
claim, R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XXIII., r. 6 (annulled by (English) R.S.C., July, 1902, r. 7). See Bullen and Leake's Pleadings, 9th ed., p. 574.
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Non assumpsit
see Steph. Plead., 7th ed. 154, 160. See, too, as to the effect of the plea, Bullen and Leake's Prec. of Pleadings.
Not guilty by Statute
defence is still provided for by R.S.C., Ord.XIX., r. 12, and Ord. XXI., r. 19. Consult Bullen & Leake, Prec. of Plead., 7th ed. pp. 749, 797. See also Aggson Agricultural Holdings, 4th ed. p. 387.
Parol agreements
Common Law draws only one great distinction, viz., between instruments under seal and instruments not under seal. See Leake or Chitty on Contracts.
Parol evidence
the meaning of the parties, it would be void on account of uncertainty. Consult Chitty or Addison or Leake on Contracts; Best, Roscoe, or Taylor on Evidence; Wigram on Wills; Norton on Deeds.
Replevin
now rarely brought, it being usually more convenient to sue for damages for illegal distress. Consult Bullen and Leake, Prec. of Plead., 7th Edn. pp. 393, 816. Replevin, is a remedy ground and granted upon a distress,
Pleading
they are to be proved,' and 'shall, when necessary, be divided into paragraphs numbered consecutively.' Consult Bullen and Leake, or Odgers on Pleading. A pleading has to be read as a whole to ascertain its true import.
Plene administravit
assets against the defendant and of future assets quando acciderint for the residue of his debt. Bullen and Leake, Pr. Pl.
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