Peremptory Exception
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Any defense which denies • entirely the ground of action. 1 White, New Recop. 283. So of a demurrer. 1 Tex. 364.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
One which denies the ground of the action.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Any defence which denies entirely the ground of action. 1 White, Bee. 2S3. So of a demurrer; Lambeth v. Turner, 1 Tex. 364.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In the civil law. Any defense which denies entirely the ground of action.
Defined under Peremptory in Black's Law Dictionary.