alternative averment

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• negative — A denial; a proposition by which something is denied; a statement in the form of denial. Two negatives do not make a good issue. As to negative covenant negative easement negative servitude negative statute negative testimony, see those titles @… …   Black's law dictionary

• negative — A denial; a proposition by which something is denied; a statement in the form of denial. Two negatives do not make a good issue. As to negative covenant negative easement negative servitude negative statute negative testimony, see those titles @… …   Black's law dictionary

• disjunctive allegation — A statement in a pleading or indictment which expresses or charges a thing alternatively, with the conjunction or ; for instance, an averment that defendant murdered or caused to be murdered , etc., would be of this character. Disjunctive… …   Black's law dictionary

• disjunctive allegation — A statement in a pleading or indictment which expresses or charges a thing alternatively, with the conjunction or ; for instance, an averment that defendant murdered or caused to be murdered , etc., would be of this character. Disjunctive… …   Black's law dictionary

• pleading — plead·ing n 1 a: one of the formal declarations (as a complaint or answer) exchanged by the parties in a legal proceeding (as a suit) setting forth claims, averments, allegations, denials, or defenses; also: a written document embodying such a… …   Law dictionary

• Estoppel — in its broadest sense is a legal term referring to a series of legal and equitable doctrines that preclude a person from denying or asserting anything to the contrary of that which has, in contemplation of law, been established as the truth,… …   Wikipedia

• Estoppel (English law) — Estoppel is a legal doctrine that may be used in certain situations to prevent a person from relying upon certain rights, or upon a set of facts (eg. words said or actions performed) which is different from an earlier set of facts. Estoppel could …   Wikipedia

• information — in·for·ma·tion n: an instrument containing a formal accusation of a crime that is issued by a prosecuting officer and that serves the same function as an indictment presented by a grand jury compare complaint 2, indictment ◇ About half the states …   Law dictionary

• claim — n [Old French, from clamer to call, claim, from Latin clamare to shout, proclaim] 1 a: a demand for something (as money) due or believed to be due; specif: a demand for a benefit (as under the workers compensation law) or contractual payment (as… …   Law dictionary