defensive pleading

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• defensive — de·fen·sive adj 1: serving to defend or as part of a defense a defensive pleading 2: devoted to resisting or preventing aggressive actions a defensive recapitalization...to escape a takeover attempt Barbara Franklin de·fen·sive·ly adv …   Law dictionary

• defensive allegation — A kind of pleading in which a defendant in an ecclesiastical cause must propound any circumstances he had to offer in his defense. Thereupon the defendant was entitled to the plaintiff s sworn answer to this defensive allegation, and thence the… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• defensive allegation — In English ecclesiastical law, a species of pleading, where the defendant, instead of denying the plaintiffs charge upon oath, has any circumstances to offer in his defense. This entitles him, in his turn to the plaintiffs answer upon oath, upon… …   Black's law dictionary

• defensive allegation — In English ecclesiastical law, a species of pleading, where the defendant, instead of denying the plaintiffs charge upon oath, has any circumstances to offer in his defense. This entitles him, in his turn to the plaintiffs answer upon oath, upon… …   Black's law dictionary

• defensive allegation — noun : a pleading in English ecclesiastical law in which defendant does not deny plaintiff s allegations but avers special circumstances and facts constituting a defense thereby requiring plaintiff to answer upon oath the matter set up in defense …   Useful english dictionary

• affirmative pleading — noun any defensive pleading that affirms facts rather than merely denying the facts alleged by the plaintiff • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑pleading …   Useful english dictionary

• defense — de·fense /di fens, dē ˌfens/ n 1: the act or action of defending see also self defense 2 a: the theory or ground that forms the basis for a defendant s opposition to an allegation in a complaint or to a charge in a charging instrument (as an… …   Law dictionary

• answer in bar — A defensive pleading interposing affirmative matter intended to defeat the action, as distinguished from a plea intended to delay the action. 41 Am J1st Pl § 115 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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