Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
plea in confession and avoidance — a plea admitting that the plaintiff once had a good cause of action as alleged but that it is barred by some subsequent or collateral matter pleaded in defense (as a repeal of the statute on which the cause of action is founded) … Useful english dictionary
confession and avoidance — n: a common law plea in which a party confesses an allegation but alleges additional facts to avoid the intended legal effect of the original allegation compare demurrer Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Confession and avoidance — Confession and avoidance, in pleading, the plea admitting that facts alleged in a declaration are true, but showing new facts by which it is hoped to destroy the effect of the allegations admitted. A plea in confession and avoidance neither… … Wikipedia
confession and avoidance — A plea in confession and avoidance is one which avows and confesses the truth of the averments of fact in the complaint or declaration, either expressly or by implication, but then proceeds to allege new matter which tends to deprive the facts… … Black's law dictionary
confession and avoidance — A plea in confession and avoidance is one which avows and confesses the truth of the averments of fact in the complaint or declaration, either expressly or by implication, but then proceeds to allege new matter which tends to deprive the facts… … Black's law dictionary
confession and avoidance — See plea in confession and avoidance … Ballentine's law dictionary
plea — In common law pleading (now obsolete with adoption of Rules of Civil Procedure) a pleading; any one in the series of pleadings. More particularly, the first pleading on the part of the defendant. In the strictest sense, the answer which the… … Black's law dictionary
avoidance — Nullifying; rendering void. See confession and avoidance; plea in confession and avoidance … Ballentine's law dictionary
confession — A voluntary admission, declaration or acknowledgment by one who has committed a felony or a misdemeanor that he committed the crime or offense or participated in its commission; a voluntary admission or declaration of one s agency or… … Ballentine's law dictionary
plea in discharge — A form of plea in confession and avoidance in which the defendant admits the existence at one time of a cause of action but alleges that, before the action, the defendant satisfied and discharged plaintiff s claim by payment. Nichols v Cecil, 106 … Ballentine's law dictionary
