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Plead over

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

To pass over, or omit to notice, a material allegation in the last pleading of the opposite party; to pass by a defect in the pleading of the other party without taking advantage of it. In another sense, to plead the general issue, after one has interposed a demurrer or special plea which has been dismissed by a judgment of respondeat ouster.