plea of liberum tenementum
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A plea of freehold; a plea which in some jurisdictions is allowed to be interposed by the defendant in an action of trespass. Fort Dearborn Lodge v Klein, 115 Ill 177, 3 NE 272.
Ballentine's law dictionary.
Anderson, W.S..
1998.
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liberum tenementum — /libaram tenamentam/ In common law pleading, a plea of freehold. A plea by the defendant in an action of trespass to real property that the locus in quo is his freehold, or that of a third person, under whom he acted. In realty law, freehold.… … Black's law dictionary
liberum tenementum — /libaram tenamentam/ In common law pleading, a plea of freehold. A plea by the defendant in an action of trespass to real property that the locus in quo is his freehold, or that of a third person, under whom he acted. In realty law, freehold.… … Black's law dictionary
liberum tenementum — A freehold estate. A plea in an action of trespass quare clausum brought by a person in actual possession of the land, asserting title to the property in the defendant, and the right to immediate possession, but admitting possession in the… … Ballentine's law dictionary