- affirmative pleading
- nounany defensive pleading that affirms facts rather than merely denying the facts alleged by the plaintiff• Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence• Hypernyms: ↑pleading
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
affirmative pleading
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affirmative defense — see defense 2a Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. affirmative defense … Law dictionary
pleading, affirmative — n. An answer filed by a defendant that states the existence of facts that contradict the plaintiff’s allegations, rather than simply denying those allegations. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy… … Law dictionary
affirmative defense — In pleading, matter asserted by defendant which, assuming the complaint to be true, constitutes a defense to it. A response to a plaintiffs claim which attacks the plaintiffs legal right to bring an action, as opposed to attacking the truth of… … Black's law dictionary
affirmative defense — In pleading, matter asserted by defendant which, assuming the complaint to be true, constitutes a defense to it. A response to a plaintiffs claim which attacks the plaintiffs legal right to bring an action, as opposed to attacking the truth of… … Black's law dictionary
affirmative pregnant — In common law pleading, an affirmative allegation implying some negative in favor of the adverse party … Black's law dictionary
affirmative pregnant — In common law pleading, an affirmative allegation implying some negative in favor of the adverse party … Black's law dictionary
affirmative pregnant — An allegation in the affirmative form implying a negative in favor of the adverse party. Such allegations are denounced as bad pleading because they are ambiguous. See Fields v State, 134 Ind 46, 32 NE 780 … Ballentine's law dictionary
affirmative pregnant — noun in pleading : an affirmative allegation implying or not excluding some negative in favor of the adverse party … Useful english dictionary
amended pleading — see pleading 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. amended pleading … Law dictionary
bar — The court, in its strictest sense, sitting in full term. The presence, actual or constructive, of the court. Thus a trial at bar is one had before the full court, distinguished from a trial had before a single judge at nisi prius. So the case at… … Black's law dictionary
