Legal Definition and Related Resources of Reply

Meaning of Reply

In practise , it is a statement in writing delivered by or on behalf of a plaintiff to deny, explain or confess and avoid the matter of defense pleaded. The function of a reply is to deny such new matter as alleged in the answer or affirmative defenses as plaintiff did not admit and to answer any cross – action or complaint asserted by defendant . See Phillips v Hassett Min. Co., 92 S.E.2d 429, 244 N. C. 17.

Reply Alternative Definition

In its general sense, a reply is what the plaintiff, petitioner, or other person who has instituted a proceeding says in answer to the defendant’s case. In Code Pleading. The second pleading of the plaintiff, corresponding to the common-law replication. In Trial Practice. The argument of plaintiff in answer to that of defendant.

Reply Legal Definition

A written pleading containing the plaintiff’s allegations in response to a counterclaim.

Synonyms of Reply

verb

acknowledge
answer
come back at
confute
counter
make rejoinder
parry
react
rebut
refute
rejoin
respond
respondere
retort
return
riposte
surrebut
surrejoin
Associated Concepts: reply to a counterclaim
reply to new matter contained in an answer
surreply

noun

answer
counterstatement
reaction
rebuttal
reciprocation
rejoinder
remonstrance
replication
response
responsio
mponsum
retort
return
surrebuttal
Associated Concepts: reply brief
sham reply
surreply FOREIGN PHRASES: Ambigua responsio contra proferentem est accipienda
An ambiguous answer is to be taken against him who offers it

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Answer, Counter Offer, Rebuttal, Rejoinder, Responsive.

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English Spanish Translation of Reply

Right to reply: derecho de réplica

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Meaning of Reply in the U.S. Legal System

Definition of Reply published by the National Association for Court Management: The response by a party to charges raised in a pleading by the other party.

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