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Not guilty

Not guilty, a plea by way of traverse which occurred in actions of trespass, libel, or other tort, and amounted to a denial only of the

Absque hoc [Lat.], (without this), technical words of exception which were made use of in a special traverse; as, the defendant pleads that such a thing was done at B., etc., without this (absque hoc), that

Disrationare, or dirationare

Disrationare, or dirationare, to justify; to clear one's self of a fault; to traverse an indictment, to disprove, Encyc. Londin.

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Extent

a jury. If judgment be given for the Crown, it is that the subject take nothing by his traverse or plea; if given for the defendant or claimant, it is an award of amoveas manus. Error will

Fiction

and signified a false averment on the part of the plaintiff which the defendant was not allowed to traverse; e.g., an averment that the plaintiff was a Roman citizen, when in truth he was a foreigner, the

Patrol

To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels to traverse a police district or beat

Motor vehicles adapted

should have been 'adapted or the use upon roads.' Merely because the areas on which such heavy movers traverse might sometimes include roads also is not enough to hold that they were adapted for use upon roads.

Non est factum

Non est factum ('I never made the deed'). This was a plea by way of traverse, which occurred in debt on bond or other specialty, and also in covenant. It denied that the deed

Non assumpsit

Non assumpsit (he did not promise), a plea by way of traverse, which occurred in the action of assumpsit or promises. This plea operated as a denial in point of

Non cepi

Non cepi (he took not). This was a plea by way of traverse, which occurred in the action of replevin. It applied to the case where the defendant had not, in