See Also: PEREMPTORY DEFENCE, equity, pleading(law)
PEREMPTORY PLEA, pleading(law)
FULL DEFENCE, pleading(law)
HALF DEFENCE, pleading(law)
PREMISES, equity pleading(law)
PURE PLEA, equity pleading(law)
MATTER, IMPERTINENT, Equity pleading(law)
MATTER, SCANDALOUS, equity pleading(law)
SPEAKING DEMURRER, equity pleading(law)
peremptory(dictionary)

PEREMPTORY DEFENCE, equity, pleading (law)


PEREMPTORY DEFENCE, equity, pleading. A defence which insists that the plaintiff never had the right to institute the suit, or that if he had, the plaintiff never had the right to institute the suit, or that if he had, the original right is extinguished or determined. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 4206. original right is extinguished or determined. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 4206.