| Pronunciation: | | ri'butl
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| Matching Terms: | | rebuttable
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- [n] (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder
- [n] the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument
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| | Synonyms: | | rebutter |
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| | See Also: | | defence, defense, pleading, refutation |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Re*but"tal\, n. (Law)
The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy
the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the
same suit.
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