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 Misc. Rep. 399, 43 N. Y. Supp. 854; Mott T. Baxter, 29 Colo. 418, 68 Pac. 220.
General and specific. In code pleading, a general denial is one which puts in issue all the material averments of the complaint pr petition, and permits the defendant to prove any and all facts tending to negative those averments or any of them. Mauldin v. Ball. 5 Mont 96. 1 Pac 409; Goode v. Elwood Lodge, 160 Ind. 251. 66 N. E. 742. A specific denial is a separate denial applicable to one particular allegation of the complaint. Gas Co. V. SanFrancisco, 9 Cal. 470; Sands v. Maclay,