Usually means: Legal challenge dismissing further proceedings.
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  3. Peremptory plea: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  2. Peremptory plea, Peremptory plea: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Peremptory plea)

noun:  In common law systems, the peremptory pleas (pleas in bar) are defensive pleas that set out special reasons for which a trial cannot proceed; they serve to bar the case entirely.


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