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surrejoinder

surrejoinder

1 9.9
A written reply by the plaintiff to a new point raised by the defendant
  • noun
  • /ˌsɜːrɪˈdʒɔɪndər/
  • Formal
: surrejoinder
  • The lawyer drafted a surrejoinder to address new issues raised in the defendant's rejoinder.

Examples

  • After receiving the defendant’s rejoinder, the plaintiff’s team prepared their surrejoinder to submit to the court.

  • In complex litigation, the sequence of reply, rejoinder, and surrejoinder is not uncommon.

  • The lawyer submitted a surrejoinder to the court yesterday.

  • Did you file the surrejoinder before the deadline?

  • After receiving the defendant's rejoinder, the plaintiff's team prepared their surrejoinder to submit to the court.

  • The lawyer drafted a surrejoinder to address new issues raised in the defendant's rejoinder.

  • In complex litigation, the sequence of reply, rejoinder, and surrejoinder is not uncommon.

Synonyms

surrebuttal
vssurrejoinder
  • Formal
1 9.9

A written reply by the person who started the case to new defense arguments

replies to a defendant's rejoinder rather than to a rebutter
surrebutter
vssurrejoinder
  • Formal
9.9

A paper the person who started a case files to reply to the other side's response

answers a defendant's rejoinder instead of a rebutter

Surface Forms

surrejoinder singular
surrejoinders plural

Morphology

surrejoinder = rejoinder (semi-transparent) = sur + rejoinder

The components 'sur-' + 'rejoinder' are analyzable, but the prefix is a specialized legal marker and may be unfamiliar to average learners.

Etymology

Surrejoinder comes from the prefix sur- meaning 'over', as in surplus, and rejoinder, which means 'reply' and includes re- 'again' and the common word join. So a surrejoinder is an extra reply — the plaintiff's reply to the defendant's rejoinder.