CONTESTATION OF SUIT

By SovConn | June 15, 2014

contestation of suit (kon-tes-tay-sh<<schwa>>n).Eccles. law. The point in an action when the defendant answers the plaintiff’s libel (i.e., complaint); the plea and joinder of an issue. — Also termed litis contestatio. [Blacks Law 8th]

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