2. (Law)
Defn: To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof. Abbott.
REBUT
Re*but", v. i.
1. To retire; to recoil. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. (Law)
Defn: 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.
REBUTTABLE
Re*but"ta*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being rebutted.
REBUTTAL
Re*but"tal, n. (Law)
Defn: The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.