Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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confession and avoidance
A plea in which a defendant admits allegations but pleads additional facts that deprive the admitted facts of an adverse legal effect. * For example, a plea of contributory negligence (before the advent of comparative negligence) was a confession and avoidance. - Also termed avoidance; plea in confession and avoidance; plea of confession and avoidance.
plea in confession and avoidance
See CONFESSION AND AVOIDANCE.
plea of confession and avoidance
See CONFESSION AND AVOIDANCE.