Legal Definition and Related Resources of Rejoinder
Meaning of Rejoinder
The defendant ‘s second pleading to answer the plaintiffs reply .
Rejoinder Alternative Definition
In common-law pleading. The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s replication. The second pleading of defendant in the common-law series.
Synonyms of Rejoinder
noun
- answer
- counteraccusation
- counterargument
- countercharge
- counterstatement
- defense
- plea in rebuttal
- reply
- response
- retort
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Meaning of Rejoinder in the U.S. Legal System
Definition of Rejoinder published by the National Association for Court Management: Opportunity for the side that opened the case to offer limited response to evidence presented during the rebuttal by the opposing side.
Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Rejoinder
(You may find rejoinder at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
mid-15c., from Middle French noun use of rejoindre (see rejoin (v.2)). Originally “defendant’s answer to the replication” (the fourth stage in the pleadings in an action at common law). For noun use of infinitive in French law terms, see waiver.
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