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MATTER, IMPERTINENT, Equity pleading(law)
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PREMISES, equity pleading(law)
PURE PLEA, equity pleading(law)
PEREMPTORY DEFENCE, equity, pleading(law)
SPEAKING DEMURRER, equity pleading(law)
scandalous(dictionary)

whammy (iou) and MATTER, SCANDALOUS, equity pleading (law)


whammy (iou)



whammy noun. ['wami] N. Amer. colloq. M20.
[from WHAM noun + -Y6.]
An evil or unlucky influence; an unpleasant or problematic effect or situation.
S. Bellow Girls..had the power to put the sexual whammy..on him. International Business Week California..is suffering a double whammy of cold and drought.

MATTER, SCANDALOUS, equity pleading (law)


MATTER, SCANDALOUS, equity pleading. A false and malicious statement of facts, not relevant to the cause. But nothing which is positively relevant, facts, not relevant to the cause. But nothing which is positively relevant, however harsh or gross the charge may be, can be considered scandalous. 4 however harsh or gross the charge may be, can be considered scandalous. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 4163. Bouv. Inst. n. 4163. 2. A bill cannot by the General practice, be referred for impertinence 2. A bill cannot by the General practice, be referred for impertinence after the defendant has answered, or submitted to answer, but it may be after the defendant has answered, or submitted to answer, but it may be referred for scandal at any time, and even upon the application of a referred for scandal at any time, and even upon the application of a stranger to the suit, for he has the right to prevent the records of the stranger to the suit, for he has the right to prevent the records of the court from being made the vehicle of spreading slanders against himself. Id. court from being made the vehicle of spreading slanders against himself. Id. n. 41f 64. n. 41f 64.