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nounstatements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove
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"an allegation of malpractice"noun(law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law)type of:
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- 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
- deny deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
- plead make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts
- grievance an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
- traverse deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
- probative tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation
- evasive answer (law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint
- probatory tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade you of the truth of an allegation
- kurt waldheim Austrian diplomat who was Secretary General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981; in 1986 he was elected president of Austria in spite of worldwide allegations that he had direct knowledge of Nazi atrocities during World War II (born in 1918)
- special pleading (law) a pleading that alleges new facts in avoidance of the opposing allegations