Rejoinder
Re`join´der Pronunciation: ~d?r
REJOINDER, pleadings. The name of the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's
replication.
2. The general requisites of a rejoinder are, 1. It must be triable. 2.
It must not be double, nor will several rejoinders be allowed to the same
declaration. 3. It must be certain. 4. It must be direct and positive, and
not merely by way of recital or argumentative. 5. it must not be repugnant
or insensible. 6. It must be conformable to, and not depart from the plea.
Co. Litt. 304; 6 Com. Dig. 185 Archb. Civ. Pl. 278; U. S. Dig, Pleading,
XIII.
acknowledgment,
answer,
answering,
antiphon,
back answer,
back talk,
backchat,
comeback,
confutation,
contraremonstrance,
counteraccusation,
counterblast,
countercharge,
counterclaim,
counterreply,
counterstatement,
defense,
echo,
evasive reply,
reaction,
ready reply,
rebuttal,
rebutter,
receipt,
refutation,
repartee,
replication,
reply,
repost,
rescript,
rescription,
respond,
respondence,
response,
responsion,
responsory,
retort,
return,
reverberation,
riposte,
short answer,
snappy comeback,
surrebuttal,
surrebutter,
surrejoinder,
witty reply,
witty retort,
yes-and-no answer