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Evasive answer   /ɪvˈeɪzɪv ˈænsər/   Listen
Evasive answer

noun
1.
(law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint.





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"Evasive answer" Quotes from Famous Books



... me not this evasive answer, Helena. Come, come, disclose the state of your affections, for your love has to ...
— Tales from Shakespeare • Charles and Mary Lamb
... the territories of Mithridates, into which he made a predatory incursion. Mithridates offered no resistance, but sent to the Romans to demand satisfaction, and it was not until his embassador was dismissed with an evasive answer that he prepared for immediate hostilities (B.C. 88). His first step was to invade Cappadocia, from which he easily expelled Ariobarzanes once more. His generals drove Nicomedes out of Bithynia, and defeated Aquillius. Mithridates, ...
— A Smaller History of Rome • William Smith and Eugene Lawrence
... lip. For an instant he reflected, and then gave an evasive answer. "I think I told you that I was alone in this hotel. Miss Guile. My friends are at another hotel. I am not ...
— The Prince of Graustark • George Barr McCutcheon


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