Foreign Plea
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Plea.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A plea objecting to the jurisdiction of a judge, on the ground that he had not cognizance of the subject-matter of the snit. Cowell.
Defined under Plea in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A plea objecting to the jurisdiction of a judge, on the ground that he had not cognizance of the subjectmatter of the suit. Cowell,
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat. forinsecum placitum.] In old pleading. A plea objecting to a judge as incompetent, because the matter in hand was not within his precinct. Kitch. 76. Stat. 4 Hen. VIII. c. 2. Stat. 22 Hen. VIII. c. 2, 14. Cowell, voc. Foreign. A plea to the jurisdiction.