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demand That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendants plea In chancery practice a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as

Dilatory pleas

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Special pleas

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Peremptory pleas, or pleas in bar

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Petition

Petition, a supplication made by an inferior to a superior, having jurisdiction to grant redress. The subject has a right to petition the sovereign, or the two Houses of Parliament, and all commit-ments and prosecutions for...

Conusance of pleas

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Common Pleas, the Court of

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Common Pleas

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Petition de droit (Petition of Right UK)

Petition de droit (Petition of Right UK), one of the Common Law methods of obtaining possession or restitution from the Crown of either real or personal property, or compensation in damages for breach of contract, the...

nolo contendere plea

nolo contendere plea a plea in which the defendant does not admit guilt, but does waive the right to trial and

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Plea

demand That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendants plea In chancery practice a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as

Dilatory pleas

Matched in: Term Dilatory pleas

Special pleas

Matched in: Term Special pleas

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Peremptory pleas, or pleas in bar

Matched in: Term Peremptory pleas, or pleas in bar

Petition

Petition, a supplication made by an inferior to a superior, having jurisdiction to grant redress. The subject has a right to petition the sovereign, or the two Houses of Parliament, and all commit-ments and prosecutions for...

Conusance of pleas

Matched in: Term Conusance of pleas

Common Pleas, the Court of

Matched in: Term Common Pleas, the Court of

Common Pleas

Matched in: Term Common Pleas

Petition de droit (Petition of Right UK)

Petition de droit (Petition of Right UK), one of the Common Law methods of obtaining possession or restitution from the Crown of either real or personal property, or compensation in damages for breach of contract, the...

nolo contendere plea

nolo contendere plea a plea in which the defendant does not admit guilt, but does waive the right to trial and

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