Assertion: general issue | /r/CapableOf | deny whole declaration
Facets:
value: in direct terms
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The general issue denies in direct terms the whole declaration; as in personal actions, where the defendant pleads nil debet, that he owes the plaintiff nothing; or non culpabilis, that he is not guilty of the facts alleged in the declaration; or in real actions, where the defendant pleads nul tort, no wrong done or nul disseisin,
text: The special issue is when the defendant takes issue upon only one substantial part of the declaration, and rests the weight of his case upon it; he is then said to take a special issue, in contradistinction to tho general issue, which denies and puts in issue the whole of the declaration.