plea in bar
A plea that seeks to defeat the plaintiff’s or prosecutor’s action completely and permanently.
A plea that seeks to defeat the plaintiff’s or prosecutor’s action completely and permanently.
plea in bar. A plea that seeks to defeat the plaintiff’s or prosecutor’s action completely and permanently. general plea in bar. A criminal defendant’s plea of not guilty by which the defendant denies every fact and circumstance necessary to be convicted of the crime charged. [Cases: Criminal Law 299. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 378.] special