protestation
Meanings
noun
- A formal solemn objection or other declaration.
- A declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial.
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Etymology
From Old French protestacion, from Latin prōtestātiō.
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