Denial

A traverse in the pleading of one party of an allegation of fact set up by the other; a defense. See Flack v. o’Brien, 19 Mlsc. Rep. 399, 43 N. Y. Supp. 854; Mott ▼. Baxter, 29 Colo. 418, 68 Pac. 220

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)