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  peremptory defence /pəɹˈɛmptəɹi dɪfˈɛns/
  dauernde Einrede, peremptorische Einrede
     Synonym: peremptory plea
  
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  PEREMPTORY DEFENCE, equity, pleading. A defence which insists that the 
  plaintiff never had the right to institute the suit, or that if he had, the 
  original right is extinguished or determined. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 4206.