rejoining

verb
  1. 1

    To join again; to unite after separation.

  2. 2

    To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.

  3. 3

    To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause.

  4. 4

    : To answer to a reply.

  5. 5

    To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.

  6. 6

    In US patent law To re-insert a patent claim, typically after allowance of a patent application, applied to patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement, based on rejoinder .

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