plea in bar

A peremptory plea had only one kind: a plea in bar.

Related doctrines include res judicata and, in the criminal context, a plea in bar of double jeopardy.

Both accused took pleas in bar of trial on the basis of prejudicial pre-trial publicity, and sought to raise devolution minutes.

The Government brings this writ of error treating the so-called motion to quash as a plea in bar, which in substance it was.

In the common law, the peremptory pleas (pleas in bar) are pleas that set out special reasons for which a trial cannot go ahead.

This defense was presented in four forms entitled respectively, demurrer, motion to quash, plea in abatement, and plea in bar.

The remedies available correspond with those in England and are considered to be either a plea in bar of trial or a challenge to the admissibility of evidence obtained through entrapment.

Acceptable pleas vary among jurisdictions, but they generally include "guilty", "not guilty", and the peremptory pleas (or pleas in bar) setting out reasons why a trial cannot proceed.

A "motion to quash" an indictment, based upon a former adjudication that a previous indictment for the same offense was barred by the statute of limitations, held, in substance, a plea in bar.

In law to enter a plea in bar has several meanings; the relevant one here is to prevent the advancement of a claim by a litigating party by showing cause why it should be set aside.

A party making a plea in bar could either traverse the other side's pleading (i.e., deny all or some of the facts pleaded) or confess and avoid it (i.e., admit the facts pleaded but plead new ones that would dispel their effect).