Traverse
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
traverse
: a denial of a matter of fact alleged in the opposing party's pleadings
;also
: a pleading in which such a denial is made
[trə-vərs, tra-vərs] vt [Anglo-French traverser, literally, to lay across, bar, impede, from Old French, from Late Latin transversare to cross, from Latin transversus lying across]
: to deny (as an allegation of fact or an indictment) in a legal proceeding
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