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bn:00004454n

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Categories: Common law, Legal documents

answer answers reply response

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 WordNet 3.0

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In law, an Answer was originally a solemn assertion in opposition to someone or something, and thus generally any counter-statement or defense, a reply to a question or response, or objection, or a correct solution of a problem. Wikipedia

Any reply to a question, counter-statement or defense in a legal procedure Wikipedia Disambiguation

A response to a question Wikidata

A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question. Wiktionary

Response. Wiktionary (translation)

Her answer to his proposal was a slap in the face. Wiktionary

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