evasive answer

Noun
  1. (law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint (synset 106572749)
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: 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

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