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Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Doctrines of civil procedure
Jurisdiction
Venue
- Change of venue
- Forum non conveniens
Pleadings and motions
- Service of process
- Complaint
- Demurrer
- Answer
  - Affirmative defense
- Reply
- Counterclaim
- Cross-claim
- Joinder
  - Indispensable party
- Impleader
- Interpleader
- Intervention
Pre-trial procedure
Resolution without trial
Trial
- Parties
  - Plaintiff
  - Defendant
- Jury
  - Voir dire
- Burden of proof
- Judgment
  - Judgment as a matter of law (JMOL)
  - Renewed JMOL (JNOV)
  - Motion to set aside judgment
  - New trial
  - Remedy
Appeal
- Mandamus
- Certiorari

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Look up reply (legal term) in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

This article is about the legal term. For the language use, see Reply.

The reply is a response by plaintiff to defendant's answer. A reply occurs only when defendant has asserted a counterclaim or the court has ordered a reply.

It is important to keep in mind that "plaintiff" in this context may also refer to an impleaded party. So, if a defendant impleads a party, this new party is the third-party defendant and the original defendant is the third-party plaintiff. The third-party plaintiff must file a complaint on the third-party defendant, who then must answer. The court may order a reply to this third-party defendant's answer.

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