Term: affirmative pleading: any defensive pleading that affirms facts rather than merely denying the facts alleged by the plaintiff
Broader: pleading: (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding | Unrelated: plutonium: a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239
Broader: pleading: (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding | Unrelated: estrogen antagonist: an antagonist for estrogen that is used in the treatment of breast cancer
Broader: pleading: (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding | Unrelated: congressional district: a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives
Broader: pleading: (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding | Unrelated: seasickness: motion sickness experienced while traveling on water
Broader: pleading: (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding | Unrelated: class list: a list issued by examiners that categorizes students according to the class of honours they achieved in their degree examinations
Broader: pleading: (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding | Unrelated: scandalmongering: spreading malicious gossip
Broader: pleading: (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding | Unrelated: digital vein: one of the veins serving the fingers or toes
Broader: pleading: (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding | Unrelated: sesamum: tropical African and Indian herbs
Broader: pleading: (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding | Unrelated: cirrhosis: a chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver; the major cause is chronic alcoholism
Broader: pleading: (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding | Unrelated: metarule: a rule that describes how other rules should be used (as in AI)