WordNet: 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
- domain: topic jurisprudence, law
- hypernym pleading
- hyponym evasive answer
- hyponym nolo contendere, non vult
- hyponym plea
answer