#averment__assertion__asseveration  a declaration that is made as if no supporting evidence were necessary
  supertype:  declaration  emphatic or explicit statement
  subtype:  assertion_of_a_right__claim  an assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his claim asked for damages"
     subtype:  pretension  the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
  subtype:  claim.averment  an assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the government's claims"
     subtype:  allegement__allegation  statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact
        subtype:  bill_of_Particulars  the particular events to be dealt with in a criminal trial; advises the defendant and the court of the facts the defendant will be required to meet
        subtype:  pleading  (law) an allegation in legal form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding
           subtype:  affirmative_pleading__affirmativepleading  any defensive pleading that affirms facts rather than merely denying the facts alleged by the plaintiff
           subtype:  alternative_pleading__alternativepleading__pleading_in_the_alternative  a pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is difficult to determine which facts the person intends to rely on
           subtype:  answer.pleading  the principle pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
              subtype:  evasive_answer__evasiveanswer  (law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint
              subtype:  nolo_contendere__non_vult__nonvult  (criminal law) an answer of `no contest' by a defendant who does not admit guilt but that subjects him to conviction
              subtype:  plea.answer  (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
                 subtype:  dilatory_plea  a plea that delays the action without settling the cause of action; it can challenge the jurisdiction or claim disability of the defendant etc. (such defenses are usually raised in the defendant's answer)
                 subtype:  insanity_plea__plea_of_insanity  (criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time
           subtype:  charge.pleading__complaint  (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"
              subtype:  accusal__accusation  a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt
                 subtype:  self-accusation__self-condemnation  an admission that you have failed to do or be something you know you should do or be
                 subtype:  recrimination  mutual accusations
                 subtype:  allegation  a formal accusation against somebody
                    subtype:  grievance.allegation  an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
                    subtype:  lodgment__lodgement  bringing a charge or accusation against someone
                    subtype:  plaint  a written statement of the grounds of complaint made to court law asking for the grievance to be redressed
                 subtype:  imprecation  a slanderous accusation
                 subtype:  imputation.accusal  a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense); "he denied the imputation"
                 subtype:  indictment  an accusation of wrongdoing; "the book is an indictment of modern philosophy"
                 subtype:  information.accusal  formal accusation of a crime
                 subtype:  preferment.accusal  the act of making accusations; "preferment of charges"
                 subtype:  incrimination__inculpation__blame  an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed; "his incrimination was based on my testimony"; "the police laid the blame on on the driver"
                    subtype:  self-incrimination  an accusation that incriminates yourself
                 subtype:  implication  a charge that implicates someone (usually of wrongdoing)
                    subtype:  unspoken_accusation__veiled_accusation  an accusation that is understood without needing to be spoken
                    subtype:  insinuation__innuendo  an indirect (and usually malicious) implication
           subtype:  complaint.pleading  (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
           subtype:  defective_pleading__defectivepleading  any pleading that fails to conform in form or substance to minimum standards of accuracy or sufficiency
           subtype:  demurrer  (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings
           subtype:  rebutter__rebuttal  (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
           subtype:  replication  (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer
           subtype:  rejoinder  ( law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication
           subtype:  special_pleading__specialpleading  (law) a pleading that alleges new facts in avoidance of the opposing allegations
           subtype:  surrebutter__surrebuttal  (law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rebutter
           subtype:  surrejoinder  ( law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rejoinder
  subtype:  accusation__charge  an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence; "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"
  subtype:  contention  a point asserted as part of an argument
  subtype:  ipse_dixit__ipsedixitism  an unsupported dogmatic assertion
  subtype:  avowal__affirmation  a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
     subtype:  professing__profession  an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; "a profession of disagreement"
     subtype:  affirmative  a reply of affirmation; "he answered in the affirmative"
        subtype:  yes__ye  an affirmative; "I was hoping for a yes"
        subtype:  yea  an affirmative; "The yeas have it"
        subtype:  double_negative.affirmative__doublenegative  an affirmative constructed from two negatives; "A not unwelcome outcome"
  subtype:  testimony.averment  an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact; "according to his own testimony he can't do it"
  subtype:  denial.averment  an assertion that something alleged is not true
     subtype:  negation.denial  the speech act of negating
        subtype:  contradiction.negation  the speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"
        subtype:  cancellation.negation  the act of revoking or annulling or making void

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