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Home Dictionary Name: plea Page: 3Issuable plea
Issuable plea, a plea on which a plaintiff may take issue, and go to trial upon the merits. See now STATEMENT OF DEFENCE....
Confession and avoidance, plea of
Confession and avoidance, plea of, a plea in bar, admitting the facts alleged in the declaration to be true, but showing some new facts, tending to obviate their legal effect. All matters in confession and avoidance had before the Judicature Acts to be specially pleaded (Reg. Gen. H.T. 1853, r. 8), and must be so still under the present system of pleading. See STATEMENT OF DEFENCE; CIR-CUITY OF ACTION....
Declinatory plea
Declinatory plea, a plea of sanctuary, also pleading of benefit of clergy before trial or conviction. Abolished by (English) 6 & 7 Geo. 4, c. 28, s. 6....
Debtor's petition
Debtor's petition, means a bankruptcy petition presented by the debtor himself under s. 264(1)(b) of Insolvency Act, 1986 (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England 3(2), para 150, p. 90....
Confession of plea
Confession of plea. A plea containing a defence arising after the commencement of an action, or after the last pleading, might be confessed by the plaintiff, Reg. Gen. H.T. 1853, rr. 22, 23. See previous title....
plea of abatement
plea of abatement see plea ...
plea in bar
plea in bar see plea ...
plea in abatement
plea in abatement see plea ...
joint petition
joint petition One bankruptcy petition filed by a husband and wife together. Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts ...
guilty plea
guilty plea a criminal defendant's admission to the court that he or she committed the offense he or she is charged with and his or her agreement to waive the right to trial. If the court accepts the plea, the case proceeds to sentencing. Source: Federal Judicial Center ...
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