Exceptio Peremptoria
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. In the civil law. A peremptory exception; called also perpetua, (perpetual); one which forever destroyed the subject matter or ground of the action, (qucB semper rem de qua agitur perimit); such as the exceptio doli mali, the exceptio meids, <fec.
Inst. 4. 13. 9. See Dig. 44. 1. 3.
In the common law. A peremptory plea; a plea in bar. Brojct. fol.
240, 399 b.