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Bar, plea in
Bar, plea in, a pleading showing some ground for barring or defeating an action at Common Law. A plea in bar was therefore
Cognizance, or conusance
an acknowledgment of a fine; and in replevin it was, before the Judicature Acts the name for the pleading of a defendant who acted as bailiff, etc., to another in making a distress, by which he alleged
Default
where he does so according to a previous agreement with the plaintiff; through mistake, when he delivers a pleading so defective that it is treated as a nullity; and through neglect, when perhaps he has no merits,
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Express colour
Express colour, in pleading. an evasive form of special pleading in a case where the defendant ought to plead the general issue.
False pretence, obtaining property
not intend to pass the property, Whitehorn Bros. v. Davison, (1911) 1 KB 463. Young Persons and Adults pleading guilty.--Obtaining by false pretences, money, etc., to any amount, in the case of young persons between 12 and
Liberum tenementum
estate in remainder or reversion, expectant on a particular estate of freehold, nor to copyhold tenure, Stephen on Pleading, 7th Edn. 257. Obsolete. See now PLEADING.
Moratur inlege
Moratur inlege, he demurs; because the party doesnot proceed in pleading,but rests or abides uponthe judgment of the Court on a certainpoint, as to the legal sufficiency of his
Non assumpsit infra sex annos
Non assumpsit infra sex annos (he did not promise within six years). this was the form of pleading the Statute of Limitations. See LIMITATION and PLEADING.
Not guilty
the breach of duty or wrongful act alleged to have been committed by the defendant; this was called pleading the 'general issue.' See PLEADING. The plea of not guilty, jin criminal proceedings, is the proper form wherever
Plea
ground for quashing the declaration, the peremptory for defeating the action. Consult Bullen and Leake, or Odgers on Pleading, and Ch. Arch. Practice. In equity, a plea was resorted to by a defendant when an objection was
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