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🚶 To cross ⛰️ A crossing 🪵 A crossbar ⚖️ To deny (in law)
to traverse

to traverse

9.3
To say in court that another person's claim is not true
  • verb
  • /trəˈvɜrs/
  • Formal
translation icon : impugnar

Examples

  • The value of the lost right to trespass could conceivably be greater than the value of the surplus Eve produces, especially if many lose the right to traverse her land.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The defendant chose to traverse the allegations made in the plaintiff's complaint.

  • In court, the lawyer decided to traverse the facts presented by the opposing counsel.

  • The decided to traverse each claim against her during the legal proceedings.

Synonyms

to deny
vsto traverse
∞ 2.0

To say that something is not true

is a formal legal refusal of specific alleged facts

Antonyms

to admit
∞ 2.0

Say that something is true without wanting to

Compounds

Traverse City
4.6

A city in northern Michigan on a bay of Lake Michigan popular with visitors and known for cherries

Surface Forms

traverse infinitive
traversed past
traversed past participle
traversing present participle
traverses third person singular

Etymology

In law, to traverse a claim keeps the same roots — Latin trans- 'across' and vertere 'to turn' — so you 'turn' the statement away. That's why to traverse an allegation is to formally deny or oppose it.