PLEAD OVER

By SovConn | March 15, 2014

plead over, vb. 1. To fail to notice a defective allegation in an opponent’s pleading. [Cases: Pleading 406(3), 409(3). C.J.S. Pleading §§ 829–831.] 2. Hist. To plead the general issue after a defendant has had a dilatory plea overruled. See AIDER BY PLEADING OVER.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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