Negative Pregnant
Ambiguiously negative admission of the fact in pleading which makes one understand or implies the positive/affirmative in the fact.Say for instance a thief accepts the fact that he/she has stolen 10000 $ and not 20000$.
negative pregnant
n. a denial of an allegation in which a person actually admits more than he/she denies by denying only a part of the alleged fact.
Negative pregnant
A denial of wrongdoing in which a person actually admits more than she denies.
NEGATIVE PREGNANT, pleading. Such form of negative expression, in pleading, as may imply or carry within it an affirmative.
are all defects in substance. On the other hand, duplicity; a negative pregnant; argumentative pleading; omission of a day, when time is immaterial; of a place, in transitory actions, and the like, are only faults in form.
 See also: Negative, Law, Defend, Defendant, Person
  
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