Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
anticipatory replication
Equity pleading. The denial in an original bill of defensive matters that the defendant might rely on. ( A defendant who relies on the anticipated defense must traverse the anticipatory matter in addition to setting up the defense.
general replication
See REPLICATION.
gexeral replication. Equity pleading
A replication that consists of a general denial of the defendant's plea or answer and an assertion of the truth and sufficiency of the bill.
replication
A plaintiff's or complainant's reply to a defendant's plea or answer; REPLY (2).
replication de injuria
Common-law pleading. A traverse occurring only in the replication whereby the plaintiff is permitted to traverse the whole substance of a plea consisting merely of legal excuse, when the matter does not involve a title or interest in land, authority of law, authority of fact derived from the opposing party, or any matter of record. - Also termed replication de injuria sua propria, absque tali causa.
replication per fraudem
Common-law pleading. A replication asserting that the discharge pleaded by the defendant was obtained by fraud.
special replication
Equity pleading. A replication that puts in issue a new fact to counter a new matter raised in the defendant's plea or answer.