plea of a privilege

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• plea of sanctuary — A plea anciently allowed in criminal cases under which the defendant, accused of any crime except treason or sacrilege, might set up the privilege of sanctuary. That is, he might flee to a church or churchyard, and within forty days thereafter go …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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• William Coryton — William Coryton, (1580 – 1651), politician, was the eldest son of Peter Coryton of Coryton and Newton Ferrars, Devon, and his wife, Joan, daughter of John Wreye of Milton, Cornwall. Nothing is known of his early years and he did not attend… …   Wikipedia

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• PLEAS — Nature of Pleas Talmudic law developed certain well defined forms of pleading in civil cases (not unlike the actio, formula, and exceptio in Roman law). These forms of pleading constitute a catalog of causes of actions and defenses which could be …   Encyclopedia of Judaism