Affirmative Defenses
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Definition
Affirmative Defenses are legal arguments raised by a defendant in response to a plaintiff's claim, which if proven, can defeat or mitigate the plaintiff's claim, and must be asserted by the defendant in their answer or other responsive pleading.
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Children 19
- • Arbitration and Award
- • Payment Defense
- • Failure of Consideration
- • Res Judicata
- • Discharge in Bankruptcy
- • Waiver
- • Statute of Frauds
- • Assumption of Risk
- • Accord and Satisfaction
- • Duress
- • Statute of Limitations
- • Contributory Negligence
- • Release
- • License (Agreement)
- • Laches
- • Illegality Doctrine
- • Injury by Fellow Servant
- • Estoppel
- • Fraud
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