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Address

Address, a petition, also a place of business or residence. Means to speak, write or otherwise communicate directly to, to deliver

Petition

A prayer a supplication an imploration an entreaty especially a request of a solemn or formal kind a prayer to the Supreme Being or to a person of superior

Nontenure

A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land as affirmed

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VerbarNon est factum

The plea of the general issue in an action of debt on bond

VerbarNon assumpsit

The general plea or denial in an action of assumpsit

Contrapositio

Contrapositio, a plea or answer.

Diversity

Diversity, a plea by the prisoner in bar of execution, alleging that he is not the same who was attainted, upon

Postulation

Postulation, a petition.

Pleadings

The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant or written statements of the parties in support of their claims

Respondeat ouster

Respondeat ouster (let him answer over). If a demurrer is joined in a plea to the jurisdiction, person, or writ, etc., and it be judged that the defendant put in a more

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