- affirmative pregnant
- In common law pleading, an affirmative allegation implying some negative in favor of the adverse party
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affirmative pregnant
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affirmative pregnant — In common law pleading, an affirmative allegation implying some negative in favor of the adverse party … Black's law dictionary
affirmative pregnant — An allegation in the affirmative form implying a negative in favor of the adverse party. Such allegations are denounced as bad pleading because they are ambiguous. See Fields v State, 134 Ind 46, 32 NE 780 … Ballentine's law dictionary
affirmative pregnant — noun in pleading : an affirmative allegation implying or not excluding some negative in favor of the adverse party … Useful english dictionary
pregnant — With child; bearing a fetus. Anno: 16 ALR2d 951. See affirmative pregnant; negative pregnant; quick with child … Ballentine's law dictionary
Negative pregnant — A negative pregnant (sometimes called a pregnant denial) refers to a denial which implies its affirmative opposite by seeming to deny only a qualification of the allegation and not the allegation itself. For example, I have never consumed cocaine … Wikipedia
negative pregnant — noun (plural negatives pregnant) Etymology: negative (II) + pregnant, adjective : a legal denial that admits or involves an affirmative implication which is favorable to the pleader s adversary … Useful english dictionary
Negative pregnant — Negative Neg a*tive (n[e^]g [.a]*t[i^]v), n. [Cf. F. n[ e]gative.] 1. A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
negative — A denial; a proposition by which something is denied; a statement in the form of denial. Two negatives do not make a good issue. As to negative covenant negative easement negative servitude negative statute negative testimony, see those titles @… … Black's law dictionary
negative — A denial; a proposition by which something is denied; a statement in the form of denial. Two negatives do not make a good issue. As to negative covenant negative easement negative servitude negative statute negative testimony, see those titles @… … Black's law dictionary
