Declination
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Scotch law. A preliminary plea objecting to the jurisdiction on the ground that the judge is interested in the suit.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
(Scotch) A plea to the jurisdiction.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Scotch law. A plea to the jurisdiction, on the ground that the judge ls interested in the suit.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
declinature. Decline: to object