- Responsal — Re*spon sal (r?*sp?n sal), a. Answerable. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English 
- Responsal — Re*spon sal, n. [Cf.LL. resposalis.] 1. One who is answerable or responsible. [Obs.] Barrow. [1913 Webster] 2. Response. [Obs.] Brevint. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English 
- responsal — index response Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary 
- responsal —  …   Useful english dictionary 
- History of responsa — in Judaism spans a period of 1,700 years. Responsa constitute a special class of rabbinic literature, differing in form , but not necessarily in content, from Rabbinic commentaries devoted to the exegesis of the Bible, the Mishnah, the Talmud,… …   Wikipedia 
- response — I noun acknowledgment, answer, antiphon, countercharge, counterstatement, explanation, plea, reaction, rebuttal, rejoinder, replication, reply, respondence, responsal, retort, return, riposte, surrebutter, surrejoinder II index acknowledgment… …   Law dictionary 
- response — noun /rɪˈspɒns/ a) An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply. b) The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question. See Also: respond, responsal, responsible, responsibility, responsion …   Wiktionary