Common traverse
COMMON TRAVERSE. This kind of traverse differs from those called technical
traverses principally in this, that it is preceded by no inducement general
or special; it is taken without an absque hoc, or any similar words, and is
simply a direct denial of the adverse allegations, in common language, and
always concludes to the country. It can be used properly only when an
inducement is not requisite; that is, when the party traversing has no need
to allege any new matter. 1 Saund. 103 b. ii. 1.
2. This traverse derives its name, it is presumed, from the fact that
common language is used, and that it is more informal than other traverses.