- demurrer to plea in abatement
- A method by which the plaintiff tests the legal sufficiency of the defendant's plea in abatement. 41 Am J1st Pl § 211.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
demurrer to plea in abatement
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