rejoinder

Meanings

Noun

• The defendant's answer to the replication.
• A response that answers another response.
• A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question.
• Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement.

Verb

• To issue a rejoinder.
• To say as a rejoinder.

Origin

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