(C. O.) 82 Fed. 18; Middlebrook v. Ames, 5 Stew. & P. (Ala.) 166—Plea in bar. In practice. A plea which goes to bar thé plaintiff's action; that is, to defeat it absolutely and entirely. 1 Burrill, Pr. 162; 8 Bl. Comm. 803; Rawson v. Knight, 71 Me. 102; Norton v. Winter, 1 Or. 48. 62 Am. Dec. 2973; Wilson v. Knox County, 182 Mo. 387, 34 8. W. 45.<< Plea im discharge. One which admits that the plaintiff had a cause of action, but shows that it was discharged by some subsequent or collateral matter, as, payment or accord and satisfaction. Nichols v. Cecil, 106 Tenn. 4535, 61 S. W. 768.—Plea in reconvention. In the civil law. A plea which sets up. new matter, not in defense to the action, but by way. of cross-complaint, set-off, or counterclaim.— Plea of release. One which admits the cause. of action, but sets forth a release subsequently executed by the party authorized to release the claim. Landis v, Morrissey, 69 Cal. 83, 10