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Capella
tenements, divided into cape magnum, or the grand cape, which lay before appearance to summon the tenant to answer the default and also over to the demandant; the cape ad valentiam was a species of grand cape;
rejoinder
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 reply or replication under common-law pleading
Cape
tenements, divided into cape magnum, or the grand cape, which lay before appearance to summon the tenant to answer the default and also over to the demandant; the cape ad valentiam was a species of grand cape;
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judgment
judgment [nī-həl-di-sit-, -dī-; nē-hil-dē-kit-] : a judgment entered against a defendant who has failed to make an effective answer (as because the answer is withdrawn or does not respond to the merits of the plaintiff's case) called
motion
a motion for summary judgment. motion for more definite statement : a motion that is filed before an answer and that requests the court to order the plaintiff to clarify allegations in the complaint because the claims
nihil dicit
nihil dicit [Latin, he says nothing] 1 : refusal or neglect by a defendant to plead or answer 2 : a judgment rendered against a defendant who refuses or neglects to plead or answer
capias ad respondendum
capias ad respondendum or capias n [Medieval Latin, you may seize (the person) to (make him/her) answer the charge] : a writ or process commanding an officer to place a person under civil arrest in
pleading
pleading 1 a : one of the formal declarations (as a complaint or answer) exchanged by the parties in a legal proceeding (as a suit) setting forth claims, averments, allegations, denials, or
question
expert witness (as a physician) that is based on the existence of facts offered in evidence and the answer to which is an opinion to be considered in light of the evidence NOTE: Modern rules of evidence
plea
allegation of fact in civil litigation made in response to a claim compare demurrer b : a defendant's answer to a plaintiff's claim in civil litigation NOTE: Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and in states
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