Usually means: Challenge to court's jurisdiction validity.
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  1. declinatory plea: Merriam-Webster
  2. declinatory plea: Wordnik
  3. declinatory plea: Wiktionary
  4. Declinatory plea: Dictionary.com
  5. declinatory plea: FreeDictionary.org
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noun:  (UK, law, obsolete) The plea of sanctuary or of benefit of clergy, before trial or conviction.

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