protestation

protestation
A formal part of a plea in equity, no longer required or in general use, wherein the defendant negatived any confession or acknowledgment by him of all or any part of the matters contained in the bill. 27 Am 72d Eq § 207. A manner of pleading whereby the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that such a matter does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial, its purpose being to save the party from being concluded as to some fact, which cannot be directly affirmed or denied without falling into duplicity of pleading, and which if he did not thus protest, he might be deemed to have tacitly waived or admitted. See 3 Bl Comm 311.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • protestation — [ prɔtɛstasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • protestacion v. 1265; lat. protestatio, de protestare 1 ♦ Déclaration par laquelle on atteste ses bons sentiments, sa bonne volonté envers qqn. ⇒ assurance, démonstration. Des protestations d amitié. « Après tant d amour… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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