Rebutter

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rebutter \Re*but"ter\ (r[-e]*b[u^]t"t[~e]r), n. (Law)
     The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's
     surrejoinder.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  rebutter
       n 1: a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary
            evidence or argument [syn: {disprover}, {refuter}, {confuter}]
       2: (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's
          surrejoinder [syn: {rebuttal}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  REBUTTER, pleadings. The name of the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's 
  surrejoinder. It is governed by the same rules as the rejoinder. (q.v.) 6 
  Com. Dig. 185.