not guilty by statute

glossary / not guilty by statute
Hist. Under certain acts of Parliament, the pleading form for a defendant’s general denial in a civil action.

• This pleading form allowed a public officer to indicate action under a statute. The officer had to write the words “by statute” in the margin along with the year, chapter, and section of the applicable statute, and the defendant could not file any other defense without leave of court. The right to plead “not guilty by statute” was essentially removed by the Public Authorities Protection Act of 1893.

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双语律师Peter，毕业于法国一流的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译涉及基础建设领域的法律文件。

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not guilty by statute

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not guilty by statute 〈英〉依制定法无罪 旧时在民事诉讼中被告提出的一种概括否认答辩，意思是根据某项议会立法，他有权在庭审中就某一特别事项举证，证明该案件的事实并说明其行为符合议会所制定的法律，从而在效力上相当于对原告所主张的案件事实和诉由均特别提出了答辩。但如果被告提出这种答辩，他必须说明所依据制定法的颁布年代与章节以及是公事法〔public act〕还是私益法〔private act〕，并且未经法庭同意不得再提出其他答辩。1842年《诉讼时效与费用法》〔Limitation of Actions and Costs Act〕(亦称《波洛克法》〔Pollock’s Act〕)废除了依据私益法或特别地区立法〔local act〕提出的这类答辩，而1893年《政府机构保护法》〔Public Authorities Protection Act〕废除了依据公事法提出的这类答辩。

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