nonresponsive answer

nonresponsive answer
An answer given by a witness upon examination in a trial or in the taking of a deposition which evades or does not relate to the question or interrogatory directed to him. 23 Am J2d Dep § 125; 58 Am J1st Witn § 575.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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