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Section 15-15-41

When filed generally.

Any plea in abatement to an indictment must be filed at the first session at which the indictment was found, if the accused has been arrested; or, if the accused has not been arrested, such a plea in abatement must be filed at the first session at which it is practicable after the defendant has been arrested, but in all cases such a plea in abatement must be filed before the plea to the merits.

(Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §8631; Code 1940, T. 15, §279.)

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Section 15-15-41

When filed generally.

Any plea in abatement to an indictment must be filed at the first session at which the indictment was found, if the accused has been arrested; or, if the accused has not been arrested, such a plea in abatement must be filed at the first session at which it is practicable after the defendant has been arrested, but in all cases such a plea in abatement must be filed before the plea to the merits.

(Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §8631; Code 1940, T. 15, §279.)

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Section 15-15-41

When filed generally.

Any plea in abatement to an indictment must be filed at the first session at which the indictment was found, if the accused has been arrested; or, if the accused has not been arrested, such a plea in abatement must be filed at the first session at which it is practicable after the defendant has been arrested, but in all cases such a plea in abatement must be filed before the plea to the merits.

(Acts 1909, No. 227, p. 305; Code 1923, §8631; Code 1940, T. 15, §279.)