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EVASIVE ANSWER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("evasive answer" is a kind of...):
answer (the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of 'guilty' or 'not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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