Affirmative defense
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affirmative-defense-191-2966359
title:
Affirmative defense
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An affirmative defense to a civil lawsuit or criminal charge is a fact or set of facts other than those alleged by the plaintiff or prosecutor which, if proven by the defendant, defeats or mitigates the legal consequences of the defendant's otherwise unlawful conduct. In civil lawsuits, affirmative defenses include the statute of limitations, the statute of frauds, waiver, and other affirmative defenses such as, in the United States, those listed in Rule 8 (c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Proce
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Category of defense strategies that allege mitigating circumstances to achieve acquittal
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirmative_defense
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2023-08-08T21:57:39Z
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