replication
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 74 U.S. 205 - Brown v. Pierce · 1868Most cited · 89 citing opinions
Legal effect of a replication is, that it puts in issue all the matters well alleged in the answer, and the rule is, that if none be filed, the answer will be taken as true, and no evidence can be given by the complainant to contradict anything which is therein well alleged.
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It is certainly a rule of pleading that a replication should of itself contain a full and complete answer to the bar, and that a joint plea which is bad, affects with its consequences all the parties joining in it.
sufficiency in pleading