ORE TENUS. Verbally. orally. Formerly the pleadings of the parties were ore
tenus, and the practice is said to have been retained till the reign of
Edward the Third, 3 Reeves, 95; Steph. Pl. 29; and vide Bract. 372, b.
2. In chancery practice, a defendant may demur at the bar ore tentus; 3
P. Wms. 370; if he has not sustained the demurrer on the record. 1 Swanst.
R. 288; Mitf. Pl. 176; 6 Ves. 779; 8 Ves. 405; 17 Ves. 215, 216,