Plea In Bar - Law Dictionary Search Results

if he be thus indicted a second time, he may plead autrefois acquit, which will be a good bar to the indictment. The true test, whether such a plea is a sufficient bar, is, whether the evidence … Autrefois acquit (formerly acquitted), a plea in criminal cases; when a person is indicted for an offence and acquitted, he cannot be afterwards indicted for

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Special pleas

general issues, but which allege affirmative matter, as infancy, coverture, statute of limitations, etc., see DEFENCE. Special pleas in bar in criminal matters go to the merits of the indictment, and give a reason why the prisoner ought … Special pleas, pleas not in the form of what were called general issues, but which allege affirmative matter, as infancy,

Confession and avoidance, plea of

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Uncore prist

Uncore prist, the plea of a defendant in the nature of a plea in bar, where being sued for a debt due on bond at a day past, to save the forfeiture of

Non demisit

plaintiff declared upon a demise without stating the indenture in an action of debt for rent. 2. A plea in bar, in replevin, to an avowry for arrears of rent, that the avowrant did not demise.

Precludi non

Precludi non (not to be barred) was the technical name of the commencement of a replication to a plea in bar (1 Chit. Pl. 627, 752), abolished by C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 66.

Culprit

Culprit. The prisoner at the Bar awaiting his trial after a plea of not guilty. 'Its first recorded use is in the trial of the Earl of Pembroke for murder

nolo contendere

guilt subjects the defendant to conviction as in the case of a guilty plea but that does not bar denial of the truth of the charges in another proceeding (as a civil action based on the same … nolo contendere [Latin, I do not wish to contend] : a plea by a defendant in a criminal prosecution that without admitting guilt subjects the defendant to conviction as in

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