Definition and Citations:
(Lat. That the writ be quashed.) In practice. The form of the judgment for the defendant on a plea in abatement where the action was commenced by original writ, (breve.) 3 Bl. Comm. 303; Steph. PI. 107, 109.
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(Lat. That the writ be quashed.) In practice. The form of the judgment for the defendant on a plea in abatement where the action was commenced by original writ, (breve.) 3 Bl. Comm. 303; Steph. PI. 107, 109.