respondeat ouster

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
RESPONDEAT OUSTER. The name of a judgment when an issue in law, arising on a 
dilatory plea, has been decided for the plaintiff, that the defendant answer 
over. See 1 Meigs, 122; 1 Ala. R. 442; 3 Ala. R. 278; 3 Pike, 339; 4 Pike, 
445; 4 Misso. R. 366; 5 Blackf. 167; 5 Metc. 88; 1 Gilm. R. 395 16 Conn. 
436; 24 Pick. 49. Vide Judgment of Respondeat Ouster. 
    

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