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Rebuttal :: Rebuttal (n.) The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.

Quill :: Quill (v. t.) To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle..

Complainant :: Complainant (n.) The party suing in equity, answering to the plaintiff at common law..

Recompensation :: Recompensation (n.) Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff.

Find :: Find (v. i.) To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff..

Complaint :: Complaint (n.) An ailment or disease of the body.

Pulingly :: Pulingly (adv.) With whining or complaint.

Grievancer :: Grievancer (n.) One who occasions a grievance; one who gives ground for complaint.

Plea :: Plea (n.) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern practice, the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand. That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why

Replevy :: Replevy (v. t.) To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose (goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law, and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff, to return the property replevied..

Surrebuter :: Surrebut (v. i.) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter..

Spleget :: Spleeny (a.) Affected with nervous complaints; melancholy.

Libel :: Libel (n.) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of his cause of action, and of the relief he seeks..

Declare :: Declare (v. i.) To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass..

Plainant :: Plainant (n.) One who makes complaint; the plaintiff.

Heartburn :: Heartburn (n.) An uneasy, burning sensation in the stomach, often attended with an inclination to vomit. It is sometimes idiopathic, but is often a symptom of often complaints..

Iceland Moss :: Iceland moss () A kind of lichen (Cetraria Icelandica) found from the Arctic regions to the North Temperate zone. It furnishes a nutritious jelly and other forms of food, and is used in pulmonary complaints as a demulcent..

Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit..

Stoic :: Stoic (n.) A disciple of the philosopher Zeno; one of a Greek sect which held that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity, by which all things are governed..

Plaintive :: Plaintive (n.) Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.

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