No plea in abatement shall be received after the defendant has demurred, pleaded in bar, or answered to the declaration or bill, or later than the next succeeding rules after the rules at which a rule to plead or a conditional judgment or decree nisi is entered.
W. Va. Code § 56-4-33
Same -- Time for filing plea in abatement
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