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pleading. These are technical words used in a traverse, for the purpose of denying a material fact in the preceding pleadings, whether declaration, plea, replication In Latin it is called absque hoc. … [Read more...] about WITHOUT THIS or WITHOUT THAT

In pleading. Formal words used in pleadings by way of traverse, particularly by way of special traverse, importing an express denial of some matter of fact alleged in a previous pleading. Steph. PI. 168, 169, 179, 180. … [Read more...] about WITHOUT THIS THAT

(A) A person who has witnessed something that is relevant and has probative value in determining the outcome of the case. A witness is a person who testifies under oath, either at a deposition or a trial, and provides a direct recollection of events or expert testimony about a subject. When witnessing another person singing a document the witness may sign the document and … [Read more...] about WITNESS

Scotch law. He who has attested a deed or other writing. 2. When witnesses attest a deed without knowing the grantor, and seeing him subscribe, or bearing him own his subscription, and the deed happens to be forged, the witnesses are declared accessory to forgery. … [Read more...] about WITNESS INSTRUMENTARY