‘sential to the support or defense of an action, is so called; as in the case of a plaintiff not merely stating his title in a defective manner, but setting forth a title which is essentially defective in itself; or if, to an action of debt, the defendant pleads “not guilty” instead of nil debet. Brown. See Lovett vy. Pell, 22

influential in producing it. Wise v. Fuller, 29 N. J. Eq. 262.