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
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(US patent law) Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement.
• (quick response): comeback, retort
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
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
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.