Definition of Rejoinder

1. Noun. A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one). "It brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher"

Exact synonyms: Comeback, Counter, Replication, Retort, Return, Riposte
Specialized synonyms: Back Talk, Backtalk, Lip, Mouth, Sass, Sassing
Generic synonyms: Reply, Response
Derivative terms: Come Back, Counter, Retort, Return, Return, Riposte

2. Noun. (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication.
Generic synonyms: Pleading
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law

Definition of Rejoinder

1. n. An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.

2. v. i. To make a rejoinder.

Definition of Rejoinder

1. Noun. (legal) defendant's answer to the replication. ¹

2. Noun. A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty; especially an answer to a reply. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To issue a rejoinder. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To say as a rejoinder. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rejoinder

1. joinder [n -S] - See also: joinder

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rejoinder

rejiggle
rejigs
rejoiced
rejoicement
rejoicements
rejoicer
rejoicers
rejoices
rejoicest
rejoiceth
rejoicing
rejoicingly
rejoicings
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rejoinder
rejoindered
rejoindering
rejoinders
rejoindure
rejoined
rejoining
rejoins
rejoint
rejolt
rejolted
rejolting
rejolts
rejon
rejoneador

Literary usage of Rejoinder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, Thomas McIntyre Cooley (1884)
"(28) To the replication the defendant may rejoin, or put in an answer called a rejoinder. The plaintiff may answer the rejoinder by a stir-rejoinder; ..."

2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1893)
"Rejoinder TO DR. CARUS. § i. In The Monist for January, 1891, and in the number for April, 1892, I attacked the doctrine that every event is precisely ..."

3. Chitty's Treatise on Pleading and Parties to Actions: With Second and Third by Joseph Chitty, Henry Greening (1844)
"AB \ And the plaintiff, as to the rejoinder of the defendant to the agst. >replication of the plaintiff to the said [second] plea of the defended. ..."

4. Institutes of Common and Statute Law by John Barbee Minor (1878)
"The Sur-Rejoinder. The sur-rejoinder is the answer of the plaintiff to the defendant's rejoinder. It is subject to the same general rules as the replication ..."

5. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine, Taylor and Francis (1854)
"I now request you to publish my final, and short, rejoinder, both to Professor ... My rejoinder to my friend Mr. Bowerbank need not be very long. ..."

6. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the King's Courts at Westminster by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas (1799)
"... Rejoinder to Th? defendant rejoined to the replication to the third plea, as third'piea'as That the management of the confi^nment was left by the ..."

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