| 单词 | declinatory plea |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeclinatory plea That declines (sense 14a); expressing refusal. declinatory plea (Law): a plea intended to show that the party was exempt from the jurisdiction of the court, or from the penalty of the law; abolished in 1826. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [adjective] refusing1409 negative1576 declining1639 declinatory1673 ungiving1682 negativing1776 disavowing1828 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > plea objecting to jurisdiction or competence exception1413 declinature1639 declinatory1693 declinatory plea1769 1673 A. Marvell Let. 5 Apr. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 278 Return an answer..in a civill but declinatory way. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 327 Formerly..the benefit of clergy used to be pleaded before trial or conviction, and was called a declinatory plea. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 165/1 Declinatory plea, a plea of sanctuary, also pleading benefit of clergy before trial or conviction. < as lemmas |
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