NEVER INDEBTED, PLEA OF
\nˈɛvəɹ ˌɪndˈɛtɪd], \nˈɛvəɹ ˌɪndˈɛtɪd], \n_ˈɛ_v_ə_ɹ ˌɪ_n_d_ˈɛ_t_ɪ_d]\
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A species of traverse which occurs in actions of debt on simple contract, and is resorted to when the defendant means to deny In point of fact the existence of any express contract to the effect alleged in the declaration, or to deny the matters of fact from .which such contract would by law be implied. Steph. PI. 153, 156; Wharton.
By Henry Campbell Black
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