Lat. In pleading. The commencement of a repllcatlon to a plea in bar, by whlch the plalntlff “says that, by reason of anything in the said plea alleged, he ought not to be barred from havlng and malntalnlng his aforesaid action against him, the said defendant, because he says.” etc. Steph. Pl. 440
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
