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duply (iou)



duply verb & noun. Scot. obsolete exc. Hist. E16.
[medieval Latin duplica: cf. French duplique, and REPLY noun = French replique.]
Law.
A. verb intrans. Make a duply. E16.
b. noun (usu. in pl.).
Law. A rejoinder that was formerly given to a pursuer's reply; a second reply. L16.
In a debate, the rejoinder that comes fourth after the original assertion. M17.
Sir W. Scott Answers, replies, duplies, triplies, quadruplies, followed thick upon each other.