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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
THAT, pleading; these are technical words used in a traverse, (q. v.) for the purpose of denying a material fact declaration, plea, replication, &c. In latin it is called absque hoc, (q. v.) egy Lawes on Pl. in Civ. Act. 119; Com. Dig. Pleader, G 1; Summary of Pleading, 75; 1 Saund. 103, n.; Ld. Raym. 641; 1 Burr. 320; 1 Chit. Pl. 576, note (a).