A plea in equity, in the common law, is a statement of facts raised by a defendant which operates as a defense to an equitable claim raised by the plaintiff. Traditionally the plea is required to state new facts, additional to those set forth in the plaintiff's bill in equity, and these facts must support a dispositive defense to the claim, such as the passage of a statute of limitations, the plaintiff's prior waiver or settlement of the claim, or res judicata. In the United States the legal and equitable jurisdiction of most courts has been merged and the plea in equity has been abolished, though it remains a valid plea in certain states. In Virginia a plea in equity may still be filed, and such a filing entitles either party to request a jury trial to decide the facts alleged in the plea.
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Entity-backed identity for the doctrine category value this doctrine already carries as an enum fact, resolved to a doctrine entity by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.
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A plea in equity, in the common law, is a statement of facts raised by a defendant which operates as a defense to an equitable claim raised by the pla
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