Chit. Pr
Categories: Procedure
Definition (1910 Edition)
99.
729, 730. A vexatious or false defense, resorted to under the old system of pleadlay and annoyaace. Steph. PI. Mr. Chitty defines sham pleas to Be pleas so palpably and manifestly untrue that the court will assume them to be so; leas manifestly absurd. When answers or cefenses admit of lawyer-like argument, such
42.
729, 730. A vexatious or false defense, resorted to under the old system of pleadlay and annoyaace. Steph. PI. Mr. Chitty defines sham pleas to Be pleas so palpably and manifestly untrue that the court will assume them to be so; leas manifestly absurd. When answers or cefenses admit of lawyer-like argument, such
42.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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