Law Dictionary Definitions

  repo (ree-poh).1.REPOSSESSION. 2.REPURCHASE AGREEMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

  reply brief.See BRIEF. [Blacks Law 8th]

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). [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 801–815.] 2.Common-law pleading. The plaintiff’s response to the defendant’s plea or answer. • The reply is the plaintiff’s second pleading, and it is…

  replication (rep-l<<schwa>>-kay-sh<<schwa>>n). A plaintiff’s or complainant’s reply to a defendant’s plea or answer; REPLY(2). [Cases: Pleading 162. C.J.S. Pleading §§ 209, 219.] anticipatory replication.Equity pleading. In an original bill, the denial of defensive matters that the defendant might assert. • A defendant who relies on the anticipated defense must traverse the anticipatory matter in…

  replicatio (rep-li-kay-shee-oh), n.[Latin] Roman law.A plaintiff’s rejection of what a defendant asserted in an exceptio; a counterexception. Pl. replicationes (rep-li-kay-shee-oh-neez). Cf. TRIPLICATIO; QUADRUPLICATIO. [Blacks Law 8th]

  replicare (rep-l<<schwa>>-kair-ee), vb.[Latin] Hist. To reply; to answer a defendant’s plea. [Blacks Law 8th]

repliant (ri-plI-<<schwa>>nt). A party who makes a replication (i.e., a common-law reply). — Also termed replicant. [Blacks Law 8th]

  replevy bond.See replevin bond under BOND(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

replevy (ri-plev-ee), n. Archaic. REPLEVIN. replevy,vb.1. To recover possession of (goods) by a writ of replevin. [Cases: Replevin 1. C.J.S. Replevin §§ 2–7.] 2. To recover (goods) by replevin. 3.Archaic. To bail (a prisoner). [Blacks Law 8th]

  replevisor (ri-plev-<<schwa>>-s<<schwa>>r). The plaintiff in a replevin action. [Blacks Law 8th]