Law
- answer
The principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal...
- bill of Particulars
The particular events to be dealt with in a criminal trial; advises the defendant...
- affirmative pleading
Any defensive pleading that affirms facts rather than merely denying the facts...
- alternative pleading
A pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is difficult to determine...
- defective pleading
Any pleading that fails to conform in form or substance to minimum standards...
- demurrer
(law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings.
- rebutter
(law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
- replication
(law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer.
- rejoinder
(law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication.
- special pleading
(law) a pleading that alleges new facts in avoidance of the opposing allegatio...
- surrebutter
(law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rebutter.
- surrejoinder
(law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rejoinder.