confessions and avoidance
 

* 1.Pleas in confession and avoidance are those which admit the averments in the plaintiff's declaration to be true

2.and allege new facts which obviate and repel their legal effects

English Related Words* a fool and his money are soon parted

* a hundred and one

* a lick and a promise

* a matter of life and death

* a priori and a posteriori

* a time to weep and a time to laugh

* about this and that

* above and beyond

* above and beyond the call of duty

* abstract-type and scheme-definition language

* academy of motion picture arts and sciences

* academy of television arts and sciences

* accessorial and administrative charges

* accident and sickness benefit

* accidental common and vocal