SIMILITER

similiter (si-mil-i-t[schwa]r). [Latin “similarly”] Common-law pleading. A party’s written acceptance of an opponent’s issue or argument; a set form of words by which a party accepts or joins in an issue of fact tendered by the other side. See joinder of issue (2) under JOINDER. [Cases: Pleading 100, 186. C.J.S. Pleading §§ 225, 764, 769.]