issue at law

issue at law
A question or point of law arising in a case upon demurrer or motion. Under the equity practice of submitting an issue at law to be tried by a jury, the words "issue at law" mean such an issue as has always been known and employed in the administration of equity jurisprudence. Brady v Carteret Co. 70 NJ Eq 748, 64 A 1078.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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