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Character

denies or does not admit the fact, or refuse to answer.'(English) Criminal Procedure Act, 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 18),

Frauds, Statute of

charge an executor or administrator upon any special promise, to answer damages out of his own estate; or whereby to charge

Ad questiones facti non respondent judices; ad questiones legis non respondent juratores

questiones legis non respondent juratores. Co. Litt. 295.-(Judges do not answer questions of fact; juris do not answer questions of law).

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evasive

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(3), an evasive or incomplete answer to an interrogatory or to a question at a deposition

Plea

still more limited sense and in modern practice the defendants answer to the plaintiffs declaration and demand That which the plaintiff

respondent

respondent : one who answers or defends in various proceedings: as a : an answering

Guaranty, or Guarantee

Guaranty, or Guarantee, a promise to a person to be answerable for the payment of a debt or the performance of

Criminal Evidence Act

person may not be asked, and if asked need not answer, anyquestion tending to show that he has committed anyother offence

Desertion

allowance to a wife whom he has abandoned is no answer to a charge of desertion. The offence of desertion is

Discovery

fact, or discover the document, upon his oath, in his answer to a bill of complaint, filed by the opposite party,

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