Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE — Pleadings — Effect of Failure to Traverse Material Averments

Area of law
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

Failure to traverse or reply to material averments in a pleading results in admission of those facts. The opposing party is not required to prove facts admitted by failure to deny. The principle applies to civil procedure. The rule ensures that parties put disputed facts…

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