want of amicable demand
want of amicable demand. Louisiana law. A defensive pleading by a defendant who seeks to avoid, delay, or defeat the plaintiff’s petition. • A defendant may (1) refuse to participate in the suit (a declinatory exception), (2) seek to delay the litigation in the suit (a dilatory exception), or (3) seek to dismiss or defeat the suit (a peremptory exception). See declinatory exception, dilatory exception, peremptory exception under EXCEPTION(1).
