surrejoinder

[ sur-ri-join-der ]

noun

, Law.

1. a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's rejoinder.

surrejoinder

/ ˌsɜːrɪˈdʒɔɪndə /

noun

1. law (in pleading) the claimant's reply to the defendant's rejoinder

Word History and Origins

Origin of surrejoinder¹

First recorded in 1535–45; sur- ¹ + rejoinder

Example Sentences

There were rejoinders from Mr. McGee in the columns of the Nation, and surrejoinders by the Bishop in various newspapers.

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A spirited correspondence followed, for Lord Palmerston knew his business, and had abundant faculty of application; while Mr. Gladstone, for his part, was too much in earnest to forego rejoinder and even surrejoinder.

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So on, assertion, rejoinder, surrejoinder, and rebuttal, till the dispassionate philosopher in the pillows wearied of his conceit and directed his thoughts toward breakfast.

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If we should begin to ask for explanations, we might receive forced replies, and our surrejoinders would also have to be forced.

From Project Gutenberg

Answer -- N. answer, response, reply, replication, riposte, rejoinder, surrejoinder†, rebutter, surrebutter†, retort, repartee; rescript, rescription†; antiphon†, antiphony; acknowledgment; password; echo; counter statement. discovery &c.

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