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Affirmative Relief

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

affirmative relief


: relief requested by the defendant to a lawsuit for injury which he or she claims to have suffered during the same factual situation the plaintiff claims to have been injured in and for which he or she could also bring a lawsuit




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