Lat. In the dvil law and old English pleading. To reply; to answer a defendant's plea. … [Read more...]

A fiction of the law, the effect of which is to put the representative in the place, degree, or right of the person represented. 2. The heir represents his ancestor. Bac. Abr. Heir and Ancestor, A. The devisee, his testator; the executor, his testator; the administrator, his intestate; the successor in corporations, his predecessor. And generally speaking they are entitled to … [Read more...]

Latin: In the civil law and old English pleading. The plaintiffs answer to the defendant's exception or plea; corresponding with and giving name to the replication in modern pleading. Inst. 4, 14, pr. … [Read more...]

In pleading. A reply made by the plaintiff in an action to the defendant's plea, or in a suit in chancery to the defendant's answer. General and special. In equity practice, a general replication is a general denial of the truth of defendant's plea or answer, and of the sufficiency of the matter alleged in it to bar the plaintiff's suit and an assertion of the truth and … [Read more...]

Frequently used to reflect an answer filed with the court by a party responding an opposing party's motion or petition. In its general sense, a reply is what the plaintiff, petitioner, or other person who has instituted a proceeding says In answer to the defendant's case. Sweet. On trial or argnment. When a case is tried or argued in court, the speech or argument of the … [Read more...]