REPLEADER

repleader (ree-plee-d[schwa]r).Common-law pleading. A court order or judgment — issued on the motion of a party who suffered an adverse verdict — requiring the parties to file new pleadings because of some defect in the original pleadings. — Also termed judgment of repleader. [Cases: Pleading 286. C.J.S. Pleading § 477.]