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pleading. A plea in bar entered by an executor or administrator by which he affirms that he had not in his possession at the time of the commencement of the suit, nor has had at any time since any goods of the deceased to be administered; when the plaintiff replies that the defendant had goods, in his possession at that time, and the parties join issue, the burden of the proof … [Read more...] about PLENE ADMINISTRAVIT

Money formerly paid by some tenants, in lieu of service to plow the lord's lands. … [Read more...] about PLOW-SILVER

This is the usual plea of plene administravit, except that the defendant admits a certain amount of assets in his hands. … [Read more...] about PLENE ADMINISTRAVIT PRAETERT

Latin: In the civil law. Soldering. Dig. 6,1,23,5. … [Read more...] about PLUMBATURA

pleading. A plea in an action of account render, by which the defendant avers that he has fully accounted. Bac. Ab. Accompt, E. This plea does not admit the liability of the defendant to account. 15 S. & R. 153. … [Read more...] about PLENE COMPUTAVIT