general imparlance

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

GENERAL IMPARLANCE, pleading. One granted upon a prayer, in which the 
defendant reserves to himself no exceptions, and is always from one term to 
another. Gould on Pl. c. 2, Sec. 17. 
     2. After such imparlance, the defendant cannot plead to the 
jurisdiction nor in abatement, but only to the action or merits. See 
Imparlance.