negative averments
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defensive negative averments — See negativing defenses … Ballentine's law dictionary
et non — /et non/ And not. A technical phrase in pleading, which introduces the negative averments of a special traverse. It has the same force and effect as the words absque hoc, without this, and is occasionally used instead of the latter … Black's law dictionary
et non — /et non/ And not. A technical phrase in pleading, which introduces the negative averments of a special traverse. It has the same force and effect as the words absque hoc, without this, and is occasionally used instead of the latter … Black's law dictionary
averment — I noun adjuration, adjurement, affirmance, affirmation, announcement, assertion, assertment, assertory oath, asseveration, attest, attestation, avouchment, avowal, confirmation, declaration, formulation, instrument in proof, positive declaration … Law dictionary
denial — A traverse in the pleading of one party of an allegation of fact asserted by the other; a defense. A response by the defendant to matters) alleged by the plaintiff in the complaint. Under Rules of Civil Procedure, denials must be specific and… … Black's law dictionary
denial — A traverse in the pleading of one party of an allegation of fact asserted by the other; a defense. A response by the defendant to matters) alleged by the plaintiff in the complaint. Under Rules of Civil Procedure, denials must be specific and… … Black's law dictionary
pleading — plead·ing n 1 a: one of the formal declarations (as a complaint or answer) exchanged by the parties in a legal proceeding (as a suit) setting forth claims, averments, allegations, denials, or defenses; also: a written document embodying such a… … Law dictionary
