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Rejoinder

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004201

A defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication in common law pleading. This constitutes the fourth stage of pleading in a lawsuit, following the plaintiff's declaration, the defendant's plea, and the plaintiff's replication. It serves to address new matters raised in the replication or to reassert previous arguments.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004201
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-004201",
  "term": "Rejoinder",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication in common law pleading. This constitutes the fourth stage of pleading in a lawsuit, following the plaintiff's declaration, the defendant's plea, and the plaintiff's replication. It serves to address new matters raised in the replication or to reassert previous arguments.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/rejoinder/"
}

Record 4,263 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.