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evasive answer

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Noun1.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
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
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At first he returned an evasive answer, but on being pressed, he acknowledged, with great apparent reluctance, that Miss Halcombe was by no means so well as he had hitherto represented her to be.
The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context
I returned an evasive answer, and left him the picture of ghastly despair.
The Shadow Line by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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