rejoinder
/ɹɪd͡ʒˈɔ͡ɪndɚ/ · noun
Meaning
- The defendant's answer to the replication.
- A response that answers another response.
- A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question.
- Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement.
- To issue a rejoinder.
- To say as a rejoinder.
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