affirmative pleading

English Thesaurus

1. any defensive pleading that affirms facts rather than merely denying the facts alleged by the plaintiff (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	pleading,
definition	:	(law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding (noun.communication)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)