Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Denial
n. 1. A refusal or rejection; esp., a court's refusal to grant a request presented in a motion or petition <denial of the motion for summary judgment>. 2. A defendant's response controverting the facts that a plaintiff has alleged in a complaint; a repudiation <the worker's denial that physical contact oc-curred. Cf. DEMURRER.'
conjunctive denial
A response that controverts all the material facts alleged in a complaint.
denial of justice
Int'l law. A defect in a country's organization of courts or administration of justice, resulting in the country's violating its international legal duties to protect aliens. 0 A denial of justice is a wrongful act under international law. - Also termed justitia denegata; deni de justice; refus de justice.
disjunctive denial
A response that controverts the truthfulness of two or more allegations of a complaint in the alternative.
general denial
A response that puts in issue all the material assertions of a complaint or petition. - Also termed general plea.
qualified general denial
A general denial of all the allegations except the allegations that the pleader expressly admits. "The qualified general denial most frequently is used when a limited number of allegations in the complaint are to be admitted. This form of denial also is employed when defendant cannot expressly deny an averment in his opponent's pleading and therefore cannot submit a general denial, although defendant wants to put plaintiff to his proof on that averment by interposing a denial of knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief or a denial on information and belief." 5 Charles Alan Wright & Arthur Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure ยง 1266, at 405 (1990).
qualified general denial.
See DENIAL.
specific denial
A separate response applicable to one or more particular allegations in a complaint. 3. A refusal or rejection <denial of an employment application>. 4. A deprivation or withholding <denial of due process>. - deny, ub.