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Written statement
Written statement, expression 'written statement' is a term of specific connotation ordinarily signifying a reply to the plaint filed by the plaintiff. This specific word is followed by general words 'taking any other
Quasi judicial, quasi
quasi-judicial, has any express statutory duty to act judicially in arriving at the decision in question. If the reply is in affirmative, the authority would be deemed to be quasi-judicial, and if the reply is in the
Issue
and the other denies. It is provided by the present rules of pleading that the plaintiff by his reply may join issue on the defence, and that if the plaintiff does not deliver a reply, or any
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Rejoinder
An answer to a reply or in general an answer or reply
rejoinder
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
answer
not involved in the lawsuit 2 : a written response to a counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim : reply see also responsive pleading at pleading NOTE: In federal cases, answers are governed by Rule 12 of the
Character
if they speak to nothing else, it is the custom that the counsel for the prosecution should not reply. it is not allowable to state any particulars of the prisoner'' conduct, either in proof of his good
Verbal note
memorandum or note, in diplomacy, not signed, sent when an affair has continued a long time without any reply, in order to avoid the appearance of an urgency which, perhaps, is not required; and, on the other
Right to begin
has a right to begin. If in replevin the defendant avow for rent in arrear, and the plaintiff reply reins in arrear, the plaintiff must begin. In any action where the plaintiff seeks to recover damages of
Replication
a plaintiff's answer to a defendant's plea, and still so used in the Mayor's Court, London. See now REPLY.
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