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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Reply

n. 1. Civil procedure. In federal practice, the plaintiff's response to the defendant's counterclaim (or, by court order, to the defendant's or a third party's answer). Fed. R. Civ. P. 7(a). 2. Common-law pleading. The plaintiffs response to the defendant's plea or answer. ( The reply is the plaintiff's second pleading, and it is followed by the defendant's rejoinder. - Also termed (in sense 2) replication. - reply, ub.

reply brief

A brief that responds to issues and arguments raised filed by one's oppone English law. A solicitor's document that abstracts the pleadings and facts to inform a barrister about the case. 3. ABSTRACT OF TITLE. - brief, ub.