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answer (judicial response), confutation, counterargument, rejoinder
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
plea in rebuttal
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plea — / plē/ n [Anglo French plei plai legal action, trial, from Old French plait plaid, from Medieval Latin placitum, from Latin, decision, decree, from neuter of placitus, past participle of placēre to please, be decided] 1 a: an allegation of fact… … Law dictionary
rebuttal — re·but·tal /ri bət əl/ n: the act or procedure of rebutting; also: evidence or argument that rebuts Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. rebuttal … Law dictionary
plea — Synonyms and related words: adjuration, alibi, answer, apology, appeal, application, argument, argumentum, beseechment, bid, call, case, clamor, cons, consideration, counterstatement, cry, defence, defense, demurrer, denial, elenchus, entreaty,… … Moby Thesaurus
rebuttal — Synonyms and related words: answer, argument, bucking, challenge, comeback, complete answer, confounding, confutation, contention, contradiction, contraposition, contraremonstrance, contravention, contraversion, controversion, counteraccusation,… … Moby Thesaurus
answer — an·swer 1 n 1: the defendant s written response to the plaintiff s complaint in a civil suit in which he or she may deny any of plaintiff s allegations, offer any defenses, and make any counterclaims against the plaintiff, cross claims against… … Law dictionary
counterargument — I noun answer, audi alteram partem, challenge, confutation, contradiction, contraremonstrance, contravention, controversion, counteraccusation, countercharge, counterclaim, counterprotest, counterreply, counterstatement, defense, denial, disproof … Law dictionary
answer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. serve, suit, avail, do; atone (for). See sufficiency, atonement, answer. II Response Nouns 1. answer, response, reply, rescript; acknowledgment; rebuttal, riposte, rejoinder, return, retort;… … English dictionary for students
rejoinder — re·join·der /ri jȯin dər/ n [Anglo French, from rejoindre rejoinder to make rejoinder, literally, to join again, meet, from Old French, from re again + joindre to join]: an answer to a reply; specif: the defendant s answer to the plaintiff s… … Law dictionary
confutation — I noun abjurement, challenge, condemnation, contradiction, contrariety, contrary assertion, contravention, countercharge, counterevidence, counterstatement, disavowal, disproof, effective rejoinder, evidence against, evidence on the other side,… … Law dictionary
response — I noun acknowledgment, answer, antiphon, countercharge, counterstatement, explanation, plea, reaction, rebuttal, rejoinder, replication, reply, respondence, responsal, retort, return, riposte, surrebutter, surrejoinder II index acknowledgment… … Law dictionary
