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Answer for the clue "(law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rejoinder ", 12 letters:
surrejoinder

Word definitions for surrejoinder in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context legal English):In common law pleading, a plaintiff's answer to the defendant's rejoinder.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Surrejoinder \Sur`re*join"der\, n. (Law) The answer of a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. (law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rejoinder

Usage examples of surrejoinder.

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