plea in abatement
plea in abatement plea in abatement, (law), plea to the effect that from some formal defect (e.g. misnomer, want of jurisdiction) the proceedings should be abated... see abatement | ||||
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Abatement in pleading
Abatement in pleading, or plea in abatement was in English law, a plea by the defendant, defeating or quashing a legal action by some matter of fact, such as a defect in form or the personal incompetency of the parties suing. In the modern context, it refers to the question of whether rights of action survive changes in status or death.
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