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request to admit

request to admit :request for admission

Confession of plea. A plea containing a defence arising after the commencement of an action, or after the last pleading, might

Issuable plea, a plea on which a plaintiff may take issue, and go to trial upon the merits. See now

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Non-issuable pleas, those upon which a decision would not determine the action upon the merits, as a plea in abatement. See PLEADING.

Foreign plea, a plea objecting to the jurisdiction of a judge, on the ground that he had not cognizance of

Declinatory plea, a plea of sanctuary, also pleading of benefit of clergy before trial or conviction. Abolished by (English) 6

Conusance of pleas, a privilege that a city or town has to hold pleas. See COGNIZANCE.

dilatory plea see plea

plea of abatement see plea

plea in abatement see plea

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