Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun evasive_answer

1 sense of evasive answer

Sense 1
evasive answer -- ((law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint)
       => 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)