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Definition of Counterpleas
1. counterplea [n] - See also: counterplea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counterpleas
Literary usage of Counterpleas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"The above, and many other cases of vouchers and counterpleas, are material to be
understood in England, and most of them in our common recoveries, ..."
2. Reports of Cases in the Reigns of Hen. VIII, Edw. VI, Q. Mary, and Q. Eliz ...by Great Britain Courts by Great Britain Courts (1794)
"... three counterpleas to the voucher, j. lor one part or nancy ¡n him, or bis .
... But tlie opinion of the Court was, that none of the three counterpleas ..."
3. Reports of Cases in the Reigns of Hen: VIII. by Great Britain Courts (1794)
"But the ,opinion of the Court 284. 2 Rol. Ab 445. ' E. з«8. b. Co. Lit. was, that
none of the three counterpleas was good : for 8 H' 7' 6" the ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The defendant lodges a written answer within a certain interval, after which
further pleas and counterpleas may continue. On the conclusion of the written ..."
5. The Nature and Practice of Real Actions, in Their Writs and Process, Both by George Booth, John Anthon (1808)
"... But because aid prater as well as vouchers as well as vouchers, therefore the
law has provided counterpleas of aid as well as of vouchers; ..."
6. A treatise on the law of actions relating to real property by Henry Roscoe (1825)
"(a) If the tenant has a deed of warranty, and is ousted of his voucher, by either
of the above counterpleas, it is provided by the statute, ..."
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