eva·sive /i-'vā-siv, -ziv/ adj: tending or intending to evade
◇ Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 37(a)(3), an evasive or incomplete answer to an interrogatory or to a question at a deposition is treated as a failure to answer and may be subject to an opponent's motion to compel an answer.
eva·sive·ly adv
eva·sive·ness n
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.