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rebutter
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rebutter has 2 senses
- rebutter(n = noun.person) confuter, disprover, refuter - a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument; Array is a kind of arguer, debater
- rebutter(n = noun.communication) rebuttal - (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder; Array is a kind of pleading
Derived forms verb rebut2, verb rebut1
Derived form verb rebut1
CIDE DICTIONARY
rebutter, n.
The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rebutter, n.
1 a refutation.
2 Law a defendant's reply to the plaintiff's surrejoinder.
1 a refutation.
2 Law a defendant's reply to the plaintiff's surrejoinder.
Etymology
AF rebuter (as REBUT)
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rebutter
Lawsuit
N lawsuit, suit, action, cause, litigation, suit in law, dispute, citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment, accusation, presentment, true bill, indictment, apprehension, arrest, committal, imprisonment, writ, summons, subpoena, latitat, nisi prius, venire, venire facias pleadings, declaration, bill, claim, proces verbal, bill of right, information, corpus delicti, affidavit, state of facts, answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder, surrebutter, surrejoinder, suitor, party to a suit, plaintiff, defendant, litigant, hearing, trial, verdict, appeal, appeal motion, writ of error, certiorari, case, decision, precedent, decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference books), litigious, qui tam, coram judice, sub judice, pendente lite, adhuc sub judice lis est, accedas ad curiam, transeat in exemplum.Answer
N answer, response, reply, replication, riposte, rejoinder, surrejoinder, rebutter, surrebutter, retort, repartee, rescript, rescription, antiphon, antiphony, acknowledgment, password, echo, counter statement, discovery, solution, rationale, clue, Oedipus, oracle, return, answering, responsive, respondent, conclusive, because, on the scent, on the right scent, Int, eureka!.
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