NEGATIVE

A denial; a proposition by which something is denied; a statement 1n the form of denial.. Two neg!ltives do not make a good i ue. Steph.,Pl. 386, 387. --Negative averment, A■ opposed to th• traverse or simple denial of an affirmative allegation, a negative averment is an allegation of some substantive fact, e. g., that premises are not in repair, which, although negative in form, is really affirmative in substance, and the party alleging the fact of non-repair must prove [s. 815]