Plea - Law Dictionary Search Results
silent record
show that the defendant acted with knowledge or understanding of his or her rights (as in entering a plea of guilty or waiving the right to counsel)
Blank bar
Blank bar, common bar, a plea in bar, which, in an action of trespass, was restored to compel the plaintiff to assign the place
Alternativa petitio non est audienda
Alternativa petitio non est audienda [Lat.], An alternative petition is not to be heard.
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Ambiguum placitum interpretari debet contra proferentem
Ambiguum placitum interpretari debet contra proferentem. Co. Litt. 303 b.-(An ambiguous plea ought to be interpreted against the party delivering it.)
Arraignment
criminal prosecution whereby the defendant is brought before the court to hear the charges and to enter a plea, Black Law Dictionary 7th Edn., p. 104.
Arrest of inquest
Arrest of inquest, pleading in arrest of taking the inquest upon a former issue, and showing cause why an inquest should not
Autrefois attaint
Autrefois attaint (formerly attainted), an ancient plea in criminal cases (as to which see (English) Criminal Law Act, 1827 (7 & 8 Geo. 4, c.
Averment
Averment [fr. verificatio, Lat.], an advancement or affirmation of any matter in a pleading, and when new matter was introduced the pleading con-cluded with a verification except in the anomalous case of
Ballot
10 CP 733, in which, on a case stated by Lush, J., after hearing the Birmingham Municipal Election Petition, the mode of marking various disputed ballot papers was reviewed by the Court. The Act was originally limited
Banking policy
the Act of 1883 and of the subsequent statutes are left standing'a most inconvenient method of legislation. the petition of bankruptcy should be registered as a 'lis pendens' and the receiving order and adjudication as 'orders' in
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