[syn: rebutter, rebuttal]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rebutter
n 1: a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary
evidence or argument [syn: rebutter, disprover,
refuter, confuter]
2: (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's
surrejoinder [syn: rebutter, rebuttal]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
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.