Definition for

rebuttal

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noun – The act of rebutting; refutation; confutation; contradiction.

noun – In law, that part of a trial in which the plaintiff endeavors to meet the defendant's evidence by counter-evidence.

noun – The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.

noun – The act of refuting something by making a contrary argument, or presenting contrary evidence.

noun – A pleading by a defendant in reply to the evidence put forward by a plaintiff or the prosecution.

noun – A statement, designed to refute or negate specific arguments put forward by opponents.

noun – (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder

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