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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.