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equity, pleading. A defence which insists that the plaintiff never had the right to institute the suit, or that if he had, the original right is extinguished or determined. … [Read more...] about PEREMPTORY DEFENCE

A dispensation granted to a clerk, who, being defective in capacity for a benefice or other ecclesiastical function, is de facto admitted to it. Cowell. … [Read more...] about PERINDE VALERE

pleading. A plea which denies the plaintiff's cause of action. … [Read more...] about PEREMPTORY PLEA

Any point, space, or division of time. "The word 'period' has its etymological meaning, but it also has a distinctive signification, according to the subject with which it may be used in connection. It may mean any portion of complete time, from a thousand years or less to the period of a day; and when used to designate an act to be done or to be begun, though its completion … [Read more...] about PERIOD

1. Something complete. 2. This term is applied to obligations in order to distinguish those which may be enforced by law, which are called perfect, from those which cannot be so enforced, which are said to be imperfect. 3. To complete all the legal requirements in order to accomplish some legal result, typically used referring to a lien, perfecting a lien, which is accomplished … [Read more...] about PERFECT