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plea of abatement

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Suspension, pleas in

Suspension, pleas in, were those which showed some matter of temporary incapacity to proceed with the action or suit, Steph. … matter of temporary incapacity to proceed with the action or suit, Steph. On Plead., 7th Edn., 45. See ABATMENT.

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Mitigation

in mitigation is a speech made by the defendant or his counsel to the judge, after verdict or plea of guilty, and which may be followed by a speech in aggravation from the prosecuting counsel. By 27 … Mitigation, abatement of anything penal, harsh, or painful. An address in mitigation is a speech made by the defendant or

Abatement

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plea

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Dilatory pleas

Court, or pleas in suspension, showing some matter of temporary incapacity to proceed with the suit; or pleas in abatement, showing some matter for abatement or quashing the declaration. These pleas must have been verified by affidavit or … Dilatory pleas, a class of defence founded on some matter of fact not connected with the merits of the case,

Plea

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Quod permittat prosternere

Abolished. Means 'that he permit to abate'. A writ to abate a nuisance, similar in nature to a petition of right, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1263. Means this is a writ commanding the defendant to … Quod permittat prosternere, a writ, in the nature of a writ of right, to abate a nuisance, Fitz. N.B. 104. Abolished. Means 'that he permit to abate'. A writ to abate a nuisance,

Bar, plea in

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