AFFIRMATIVE PLEADING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any defensive pleading that affirms facts rather than merely denying the facts alleged by the plaintiff

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("affirmative pleading" is a kind of...):

pleading ((law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)