What does "rebut" mean?
Rebut: (Law) To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof. Abbott.
Additional senses
- 2.To retire; to recoil. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 3.(Law) To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder. The plaintiff may answer the rejoinder by a surrejoinder; on which the defendant. Blackstone.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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