n06560254
| type | n |
| lex_filenum | 10 |
| def | the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint |
| def | in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere) |
| def | in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims |
| Outgoing links | |
| Hypernym | pleading |
| Domain of synset - TOPIC | law, jurisprudence |
| Derivationally related form | answer → answer |
| Hyponym | evasive answer; nolo contendere, non vult; plea |
| Incoming links | |
| Hyponym | pleading |
| Hypernym | evasive answer; nolo contendere, non vult; plea |
| Member of this domain - TOPIC | law, jurisprudence |
| Derivationally related form | answer → answer |
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