answer

answer
Verb: To reply; to assume liability, as to answer for the debt of another; in pleading, to make defense by negativing the allegations of the plaintiff or interposing affirmative defenses. Noun: The reply to a question, as in answering interrogatories in a deposition; the pleading in response to a com plaint, declaration or petition, otherwise known in many jurisdictions as a plea, which either denies the allegations of the complaint, declaration, or petition or interposes affirmative matter intended to defeat the action or delay it. 41 Am J1st Pl § 115. Under older concepts of equity pleading, now almost entirely abrogated by statute, an answer, in addition to being a pleading, served as a discovery and constituted evidence of the facts stated therein. 19 Am J2d Eq § 264. In admiralty proceedings, the answer is that pleading of a defendant which corresponds with the plea in an action at common law; it must make response to the matters alleged in the libel in the same consecutive order. 4 Am Jur 2d Adm § 179. See counterclaim; cross-action; cross-complaint; general denial; sham answer; supplemental answer. 4 Am J2d Adrn § 179.

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