Mispleading
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Pleading incorrectly, or omitting anything in pleading which is essential to the support or defense of an action, is so called; as in the ease of a plaintiff not merely stating his title ina defective manner, but setting forth a title wlich is essentially defective in itself; or if, to an action of debt, the defendant pleads “not guilty” instead of nil debet.
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