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Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In pleading. The defendant's third pleading, being his answer to the surrejoinder.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A defendant’s pleading answering a surrejoinder. See Surrejoinder.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Pleading. The name of the defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s surrejoinder. It is governed by the same rules as

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In pleading. A defendant's answer of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder; the third pleading in the series on the part of the defendant. Steph. PI. 59; 3 Bl. Comm. 310.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

A defendant's answer of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder; the third pleading on the part of the defendant

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

v. Pleading.