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单词 counterplea
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counterplea


counterplea

(ˈkaʊntəpliː) n (Law) law rare a reply to a plea
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Noun1.counterplea - a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's pleaplea - (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

Counterplea


COUNTERPLEA, pleading. When a tenant in any real action, tenant by the curtesy, or tenant in dower, in his answer and plea, vouches any one to warrant his title, or prays in aid another who has a larger estate, as of the remainder-man or reversioner or when a stranger to the action comes and prays to be received to save his estate; then that which the defendant alleges against it, why it should not be admitted, is called a counterplea. T. de la Ley; Doct. Placit. 300 Com. Dig. h.t.; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.

counterplea


  • noun

Words related to counterplea

noun a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's plea

Related Words

  • plea
  • law
  • jurisprudence
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