material — ma·te·ri·al 1 /mə tir ē əl/ adj 1: of, relating to, or consisting of physical matter 2: being of real importance or consequence 3: being an essential component the material terms of the contract 4: being relevant to a subject under considerati … Law dictionary
material — Important; more or less necessary; having influence or effect; going to the merits; having to do with matter, as distinguished from form. Representation relating to matter which is so substantial and important as to influence party to whom made… … Black's law dictionary
material — Important; more or less necessary; having influence or effect; going to the merits; having to do with matter, as distinguished from form. Representation relating to matter which is so substantial and important as to influence party to whom made… … Black's law dictionary
allegation — The assertion, claim, declaration, or statement of a party to an action, made in a pleading, setting out what he expects to prove. See e.g. Fed.R. Civil P. 8. See also charge claim complaint. A material allegation in a pleading is one essential… … Black's law dictionary
allegation — The assertion, claim, declaration, or statement of a party to an action, made in a pleading, setting out what he expects to prove. See e.g. Fed.R. Civil P. 8. See also charge claim complaint. A material allegation in a pleading is one essential… … Black's law dictionary
issue — 1. verb To send forth; to emit; to promulgate; as, an officer issues orders, process issues from a court. To put into circulation; as, the treasury issues notes. To send out, to send out officially; to deliver, for use, or authoritatively; to go… … Black's law dictionary
issue — 1. verb To send forth; to emit; to promulgate; as, an officer issues orders, process issues from a court. To put into circulation; as, the treasury issues notes. To send out, to send out officially; to deliver, for use, or authoritatively; to go… … Black's law dictionary
assumed — I (feigned) adjective adopted, apocryphal, bogus, contrived, counterfeit, deceptive, delusive, disguised, fabricated, factitious, fake, false, fictitious, fraudulent, invented, manufactured, misleading, misrepresented, pretended, pretexted,… … Law dictionary
issue of fact — A single, certain, and material part of dispute arising upon a denial of a material allegation in the adversary s pleading, or where by force of statute a material allegation is to be considered controverted without further pleading. 41 Am J1st… … Ballentine's law dictionary
general denial — A pleading in modern practice which bears a close analogy to the general issue in common law pleading; a pleading, in response to what purports to be an affirmative allegation of a cause of action, which operates as a denial of every material… … Ballentine's law dictionary