give color
give color 表面上承认 指以明示或默示的方式承认对方当事人的似是而非的权利，而不作任何否认。在普通法诉讼中，提出承认但无效的答辩〔plea of confession and avoidance〕时必须对原告在起诉状中提出的事实给予表面上的承认，否则将构成无法补救的缺陷。
GIVE COLOR
give color
give color, vb. Hist. To admit, either expressly or impliedly by silence, that an opponent’s allegations appear to be meritorious. • In common-law pleading, a defendant’s plea of confession and avoidance had to give color to the plaintiff’s allegations in the complaint or the plea would be fatally defective. See COLOR(2).