Term: dilatory plea: a plea that delays the action without settling the cause of action; it can challenge the jurisdiction or claim disability of the defendant etc. (such defenses are usually raised in the defendant's answer)
Broader: plea: (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) | Unrelated: show-stopper: something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal
Broader: plea: (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) | Unrelated: gag law: any law that limits freedom of the press
Broader: plea: (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) | Unrelated: hemoglobin: a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues
Broader: plea: (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) | Unrelated: dissolving: the process of going into solution
Broader: plea: (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) | Unrelated: international court of justice: a court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nations
Broader: plea: (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) | Unrelated: vermifuge: a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms
Broader: plea: (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) | Unrelated: battle damage: loss of military equipment in battle
Broader: plea: (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) | Unrelated: bow-wow: the bark of a dog
Broader: plea: (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) | Unrelated: sea ladder: (nautical) ladder to be lowered over a ship's side for coming aboard
Broader: plea: (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) | Unrelated: algonquian: family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains