Jump to content

affirmative defense

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Noun

[edit]

affirmative defense (plural affirmative defenses)

  1. (law) A defense against a suit or criminal charge that asserts mitigating facts rather than contesting the main fact of the allegation.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=affirmative_defense&oldid=69898802"