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Evasive

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

evasive


: tending or intending to evade NOTE: Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(3), an evasive or incomplete answer to an interrogatory or to a question at a deposition is treated as a failure to answer and may be subject to an opponent's motion to compel an answer.
eva·sive·ly adv

eva·sive·ness n




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