GENERAL SPECIAL IMPARLANCE, pleading. One in which the defendant reserves to
himself " all advantages and exceptions whatsoever." 2 Chit. Pl. 408.
2. This kind of imparlance allows the defendant not only to plead in
abatement and to the action, but also to the jurisdiction of the court.
Gould on Pl. c. 2, Sec. 19. See Imparlance.