evasive answer

English Thesaurus

1. (law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	answer,
definition	:	the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims (noun.communication)

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