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DILATORY PLEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dilatory plea mean?
• DILATORY PLEA (noun)
The noun DILATORY PLEA has 1 sense:
1. a plea that delays the action without settling the cause of action; it can challenge the jurisdiction or claim disability of the defendant etc. (such defenses are usually raised in the defendant's answer)
Familiarity information: DILATORY PLEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A plea that delays the action without settling the cause of action; it can challenge the jurisdiction or claim disability of the defendant etc. (such defenses are usually raised in the defendant's answer)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dilatory plea" is a kind of...):
plea ((law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer))
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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