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- Plea In Abatement
- A pleading by the defendant, as a response to a plaintiff's claim, where the defendant does not dispute the plaintiff's claims but objects to its form or the time or place where it is asserted, thereby having an excuse which a judge should consider because it could affect the judge's sentence.
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