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MATTER OF LAW, pleading (law)


MATTER OF LAW, pleading. That which goes in avoidance of a declaration or other pleading, on the ground that the law does not authorize them. It does other pleading, on the ground that the law does not authorize them. It does not deny the matter or fact contained in such pleading, but admitting them not deny the matter or fact contained in such pleading, but admitting them avoids them. Bac. Ab. Pleas,