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re·join·der /ri-'jȯin-dər/ n [Anglo-French, from rejoindre rejoinder to make rejoinder, literally, to join again, meet, from Old French, from re- again + joindre to join]: an answer to a reply; specif: the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's reply or replication under common-law pleading
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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answer, counteraccusation, counterargument, countercharge, counterstatement, defense, plea in rebuttal, reply, response, retort
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answer (judicial response), answer (reply), confutation, contradiction, counterargument, counterclaim, reaction (response), reply, response
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.A reply or response; an answer made by a defendant to a plaintiff’s rebuttal.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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n. A pleading in common law, made by the defendant to answer a replication by the plaintiff.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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The answer made by a defendant in the second stage of common-law pleading that rebuts or denies the assertions made in the plaintiff's replication.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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The answer made by a defendant in the second stage of common-law pleading that rebuts or denies the assertions made in the plaintiff's replication.II Opportunity for the side that opened the case to offer limited response to evidence presented during the rebuttal by the opposing side. (See rebut.)
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.