PREMATURITY

By SovConn | July 26, 2014

prematurity. 1. The circumstance existing when the facts underlying a plaintiff’s complaint do not yet create a live claim. Cf. RIPENESS. [Cases: Action 6, 62; Federal Courts 12.1. C.J.S. Actions §§ 38–45, 238.] 2. The affirmative defense based on this circumstance.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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