Rejoinder Definition

rĭ-joindər
rejoinders
noun
rejoinders
An answer to a reply.
Webster's New World
A reply; answer.
Webster's New World
The defendant's answer to a plaintiff's replication.
Webster's New World
A pleading in common law, made by the defendant to answer a replication by the plaintiff.
Webster's New World Law

(law) Defendant's answer to the replication.

Wiktionary
verb
(intransitive) To issue a rejoinder.
Wiktionary
To say as a rejoinder.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Rejoinder

Noun

Singular:
rejoinder
Plural:
rejoinders

Origin of Rejoinder

  • Middle English from Old French rejoindre to answer, rejoin rejoin1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French rejoindre, with infinitive used as noun frequent in Law French.

    From Wiktionary

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