Declinatory Plea
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In English practice. The plea of sanctuary, or of benefit of clergy, before trial or conviction.
2 Hale, P. C. 236; 4 Bl. Comm. 333.
Now abolished.
4 Steph. Comm. 400, note; Id. 436, note.