| 单词 | general issue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgeneral issue general issue n. Law a general plea, such as ‘not guilty’, by which all the material allegations presented are addressed; (also) the issue raised by such pleading. ΚΠ 1616 J. Selden Notes on Fortescue in J. Fortescue De Laud. Legum Angliae 33 The defendants plead, in effect, the general issue. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 305 These pleas are called the general issue, because, by importing an absolute and general denial of what is alleged in the declaration, they amount at once to an issue. 1824 H. J. Stephen Treat. Princ. Pleading 175 In Trespass on the case (in the species of assumpsit), the general issue is called the plea of non assumpsit. 1872 Amer. Law. Reg. 20 293 The defendant pleads the general issue. 1929 Yale Law Jrnl. 38 826 A plea of the general issue has been held sufficient to require the plaintiff to prove that the insured had complied with the condition of ‘delivery in good health’. 1987 Law & Hist. Rev. 5 515 On the general issue being pleaded, the jury brought in a general verdict. < as lemmas |
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