Surmise
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Ecclesiastical Law. An allegation in a libel.
Phill. Ecc. Law 1445.
Formerly where a defendant pleaded a local custom it was necessary for him to surmise, that is to suggest, that such custom should was to be tried by the country as other issues of fact 1 Burr. 251.