| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| answer or response |
antiphon
,
replication
|
| summon to court to answer charge |
arraign
|
| legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment |
arraignment
|
| question-and-answer book on Christian principles |
catechism
|
| program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience |
chat show
,
talk show
|
| arrive at an answer or solution |
decide
|
| defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him |
defence
,
defense
,
demurrer
,
denial
|
| 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) |
dilatory plea
|
| mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance |
direct support
|
| deceptive in answer |
equivocal
|
| postpone or avoid making a statement or giving an answer |
equivocate
,
prevaricate
|
| respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer |
equivocator
,
hedger
,
tergiversator
|
| answer, witty, that occurs to one when it is too late |
esprit d'escalier
|
| answer, deliberately vague in |
evasive
|
| (law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint |
evasive answer
|
| avoid giving direct answer |
fence
,
hedge
|
| civil right (guaranteed by the 5th amendment to the United States Constitution) to refuse to answer questions or otherwise give testimony against yourself |
freedom from self-incrimination
,
privilege against self incrimination
|
| (Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers |
Galatea
|
| collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults |
guarantee
,
guaranty
|
| question that suggests answer sought |
leading question
|
