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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''andswaru'' (akin to Old Norse ''andsvar'' answer); akin to Old English and- against, ''swerian'' to swear

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''andswaru'' (akin to Old Norse ''andsvar'' answer); akin to Old English and- against, ''swerian'' to swear

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1a : something [[spoken]] or [[written]] in reply to a [[question]]  

*1a : something [[spoken]] or [[written]] in reply to a [[question]]  

In [[law]], an answer was originally a [[solemn]] assertion in [[opposition]] to some one or something, and thus generally any counter-[[statement]] or defense, a reply to a question or response, or objection, or a correct solution of a [[problem]].

In [[law]], an answer was originally a [[solemn]] assertion in [[opposition]] to some one or something, and thus generally any counter-[[statement]] or defense, a reply to a question or response, or objection, or a correct solution of a [[problem]].

In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law common law], an answer is the first pleading by a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defendant defendant], usually filed and served upon the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaintiff plaintiff] within a certain strict time limit after a civil complaint or [[criminal]] [[information]] or indictment has been served upon the defendant. It may have been preceded by an [[optional]] "pre-answer" motion to dismiss or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demurrer demurrer]; if such a motion is unsuccessful, the defendant must file an answer to the complaint or risk an adverse default [[judgment]].

In the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law common law], an answer is the first pleading by a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defendant defendant], usually filed and served upon the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaintiff plaintiff] within a certain strict time limit after a civil complaint or [[criminal]] [[information]] or indictment has been served upon the defendant. It may have been preceded by an [[optional]] "pre-answer" motion to dismiss or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demurrer demurrer]; if such a motion is unsuccessful, the defendant must file an answer to the complaint or risk an adverse default [[judgment]].

In a [[criminal]] case, there is usually an arraignment or some other kind of [[appearance]] before the defendant comes to [[court]]. The pleading in the criminal case, which is entered on the [[record]] in open court, is usually either guilty or not guilty. Generally speaking in private, civil cases there is no plea entered of [[guilt]] or [[innocence]]. There is only a [[judgment]] that grants [[money]] damages or some other kind of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equitable_remedy equitable remedy] such as restitution or a permanent injunction. Criminal cases may lead to fines or other punishment, such as [[imprisonment]].

In a [[criminal]] case, there is usually an arraignment or some other kind of [[appearance]] before the defendant comes to [[court]]. The pleading in the criminal case, which is entered on the [[record]] in open court, is usually either guilty or not guilty. Generally speaking in private, civil cases there is no plea entered of [[guilt]] or [[innocence]]. There is only a [[judgment]] that grants [[money]] damages or some other kind of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equitable_remedy equitable remedy] such as restitution or a permanent injunction. Criminal cases may lead to fines or other punishment, such as [[imprisonment]].

The famous Latin ''Responsa Prudentium'' ("answers of the learned ones") were the accumulated views of many successive [[generations]] of Roman lawyers, a body of legal [[opinion]] which gradually became [[authoritative]].

The famous Latin ''Responsa Prudentium'' ("answers of the learned ones") were the accumulated views of many successive [[generations]] of Roman lawyers, a body of legal [[opinion]] which gradually became [[authoritative]].

In music an "answer" (also known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countersubject countersubject]) is the technical name in counterpoint for the [[repetition]] or [[modification]] by one part or instrument of a theme proposed by another.

In music an "answer" (also known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countersubject countersubject]) is the technical name in counterpoint for the [[repetition]] or [[modification]] by one part or instrument of a theme proposed by another.

[[Category: Law]]

[[Category: Law]]