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Definitions of controvert
  1. verb
    be resistant to

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  2. verb
    prove to be false or incorrect

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Definition that contains controvert
  • answer the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); 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
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