Definition of Evasive answer

1. Noun. (law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint.

Generic synonyms: Answer
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law

Lexicographical Neighbors of Evasive Answer

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evaporometer
evaporometers
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evapourate
evar
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evasive action
evasive answer (current term)
evasively
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evasivenesses
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evectics
evection
evections
eveite
evejar
evejars
even
even-
even-bishop
even-christian

Literary usage of Evasive answer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of England by James Franck Bright (1889)
"... and that the Statute be put in execu- evasive answer. tion, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of JuM * any wrongs or oppression contrary ..."

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