Exception
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
In equity practice
A formal written statement of objections to a pleading, or master's report. The usual grounds of exception to a pleading are scandal, impertinence and insufficiency.
1 Daniel's Chanc. Pr. (Perkins' ed.) 397, 401, 402. 2 Id. 872, 1490.
Mitford's Chanc. Pl. 315. (376, Moulton's ed. and notes.) Story's Eq. Pl. § 864.