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06561138-n:
(law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
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08441203-n:
the collection of rules imposed by authority
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00103664-r:
continuing in the same way
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00106921-r:
under normal conditions
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00459776-v:
cause to be slowed down or delayed
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00756338-v:
assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
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00808162-v:
raise a formal objection in a court of law
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01181902-n:
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
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01198750-n:
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
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05198427-n:
(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
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06560254-n:
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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06561138-n:
(law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
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06730068-n:
a claim sufficient to demand judicial attention; the facts that give rise to right of action
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09762101-n:
a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
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14548343-n:
the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness
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