REJOINDER

rejoinder

(noun) (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff’s replication

rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter

(noun) a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); “it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

rejoinder (plural rejoinders)

(legal) The defendant's answer to the replication.

A response that answers another response.

A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question.

(US patent law) Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement.

Synonyms

• (quick response): comeback, retort

Verb

rejoinder (third-person singular simple present rejoinders, present participle rejoindering, simple past and past participle rejoindered)

(intransitive) To issue a rejoinder.

(transitive) To say as a rejoinder.

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*join"der (-dr), n. Etym: [From F. rejoindre, inf., to join again. See Rejoin.]

1. An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.

2. (Law)

Definition: The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.

Syn.

– Reply; ansswer; replication. See Reply.

Re*join"der, v. i.

Definition: To make a rejoinder. [Archaic]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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