Denial
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In pleading. A traverse of the statement of the opposite party; a defense. It may be general of all the allegations in a pleading, or a particular part thereof, or special of certain stated facts. DENIER (Law Fr.) In old English law. Denial; refusal. Denier is when the rent (being demanded upon the land) is not paid. Finch, Law, bk.
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