Usually means: Challenge to lawsuit's procedural validity.
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  1. plea in abatement: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
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▸ noun:  Synonym of defense in abatement

Similar:
plea, abate, rebate, allowance, apologian, declinatory plea, abatement, abatement ab initio, absolution, acquittance, more...

Opposite:
plein bar, plein justification

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Similar:
plea, abate, rebate, allowance, apologian, declinatory plea, abatement, abatement ab initio, absolution, acquittance, more...

Opposite:
plein bar, plein justification



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