In the common law legal system, the
peremptory pleas (also called
pleas in bar), are pleas which set out special reasons for which a trial cannot go ahead. They are the plea of
autrefois convict, the plea of
autrefois acquit, and the
plea of pardon.
English law apparently provides an additional preremptory plea of "special liability to repair a road or bridge", according to the Oxford Dictionary of Law -- what is this plea?
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