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Non-issuable pleas

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

Personable

Personable, the being able to holdor maintain a plea in Court; also capacity to take anything granted or given, Plowd.

Petitioning creditor

an act of bankruptcy (see ACT OF BANKRUPTCY) having occurred within three months before the presenta-tion of the petition.

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Pray in aid

Pray in aid, to petition in a court of justice for the calling in of the help from another that has an interest

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.

Protestando

Protestando, a word made use of to avoid double pleading in actions; it prevented the party that made it from being concluded, by the plea he was about

Punishment

jury would falsely find the value of the goods stolen to be thirty-nine shillings; in the latter, a petition of bankes bastened the mitigation of a punishment which failed to protect them. The ordinary dictionary meaning of

Quo warranto

71 of the (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51)], substituted an election petition in the cases where an election is sought to be questioned on the ground of bribery, etc., disqualification,

Counterplea

When the tenant in any real action, tenant by the courtesy or in dower, in his answer and plea vouched anyone to warrant his title, or prayed inaid of another whohad a larger estate, as of him

Non-tenuit

Non-tenuit was a plea in bar to replevin, to avowry for arrears of rent, that the plaintiff did not hold in manner

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