Denial

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

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. 3, c. 5.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A contradiction; a traverse.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Pleading. A traverse of the statement of the opposite party; a defence.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A traverse in the pleading of one party of an allegation of fact set up by the other; a defense. See Flack v. O'Brien, 19 Misc. Rep. 399, 48 N. Y. Supp. 854; Mott v. Baxter, 29 Colo. 418, 68 Pac. 220. General and specific. In code pleading, a general denial is one which puts in issue all the material averments of the complaint or petition. and permits the defendant to prove any and all facis tending to negative those averments or any of them. Mauldin v. Bali, 5 Mont. 96, 1 Pac. 409; Goode v. Eiwood Lodge, 160 Ind. 251, 66 N. El 742. A specific denial is a separate denial applicable to one particular allegation of the complaint. Gas Co., v. San Francisco, 9 Cal. 470; Sands v. Maclay, 2 Mont 38; Seward v. Miller, 6 How. Prae. (N. Y.) 312.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A traverse in the pleading of one party of an allegation of fact set up by the other; a defense.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Defense, 2.