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In pleading. Such a form of negative expression as may imply or carry within it an affirmative. Thus, where a defendant pleaded a license from the plaintiff’s daughter, and the plaintiff rejoined that he did not enter by her license, the rejoinder was objected to successfully as a negative pregnant. Cro. Jac. 87. The fault here lies in the ambiguity of the rejoinder, since it does not appear whether the plaintiff denies that the license was given, or that the defendant entered by the license. Steph. PL 381. This ambiguity constitutes the fault (Hob. 295), which, however, does not appear to be of much account in modern pleading (1 Lev. 88; Coihyn, Dig. “Pleader” [R 6]; Gould, PI. c. 6, §36).

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In pleading. Such a form of negative expression as may imply or carry within it an affirmative. Thus, where a defendant pleaded a license from the plaintiff’s daughter, and the plaintiff rejoined that he did not enter by her license, the rejoinder was objected to successfully as a negative pregnant. Cro. Jac. 87. The fault here lies in the ambiguity of the rejoinder, since it does not appear whether the plaintiff denies that the license was given, or that the defendant entered by the license. Steph. PL 381. This ambiguity constitutes the fault (Hob. 295), which, however, does not appear to be of much account in modern pleading (1 Lev. 88; Coihyn, Dig. “Pleader” [R 6]; Gould, PI. c. 6, §36).

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