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Nonjoinder :: Nonjoinder (n.) The omission of some person who ought to have been made a plaintiff or defendant in a suit, or of some cause of action which ought to be joined..

Avowant :: Avowant (n.) The defendant in replevin, who avows the distress of the goods, and justifies the taking..

Recompensation :: Recompensation (n.) Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff.

Nolo Contendere :: Nolo contendere () A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of a plea of quilty..

Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. i.) To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution..

Fieri Facias :: Fieri facias () A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages, commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of the goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed..

Suitress :: Suitor (n.) One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like..

Factorize :: Factorize (v. t.) To give warning to; -- said of a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, the warning being to the effect that he shall not pay the money or deliver the property of the defendant in his hands to him, but appear and answer the suit of the plaintiff..

Cognizor :: Cognizor (n.) One who acknowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant.

Surrejoinder :: Surrejoin (v. i.) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder..

Garnishment :: Garnishment (n.) Warning to a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, not to pay the money or deliver the goods to the defendant, but to appear in court and give information as garnishee..

Surrein :: Surrebuter (n.) The reply of a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.

Joinder :: Joinder (v. t.) A joining of parties as plaintiffs or defendants in a suit.

Codefendant :: Codefendant (n.) A joint defendant.

Defendant :: Defendant (n.) One who defends; a defender.

Discontinuance :: Discontinuance (n.) That technical interruption of the proceedings in pleading in an action, which follows where a defendant does not answer the whole of the plaintiff's declaration, and the plaintiff omits to take judgment for the part unanswered..

Oyer :: Oyer (n.) A hearing or an inspection, as of a deed, bond, etc., as when a defendant in court prays oyer of a writing..

Cognovit :: Cognovit (n.) An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.

Taxable :: Taxable (a.) That may be legally charged by a court against the plaintiff of defendant in a suit; as, taxable costs..

Pleadings :: Pleadings (n. pl.) The mutual pleas and replies of the plaintiff and defendant, or written statements of the parties in support of their claims, proceeding from the declaration of the plaintiff, until issue is joined, and the question made to rest on some single point..

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