Reply
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In its general sense, a reply is what the plaintiff, petitioner, or other person who has instituted a proceeding says in answer to the defendant's case. In Code Pleading. The second pleading of the plaintiff, corresponding to the common-law replication. In Trial Practice. The argument of plaintiff in answer to that of defendant. REPONE (from Lat. reponere, to put back). In Scotch practice. To replace; to restore to a former state or right.
2 Alls. Crim. Prac. 351.