Rebuttal vs. Surrebuttal

Rebuttalnoun

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

Rebuttalnoun

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

Rebuttalnoun

(legal) A pleading by a defendant in reply to the evidence put forward by a plaintiff or the prosecution.

Rebuttalnoun

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

Rebuttalnoun

the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument

Rebuttalnoun

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

Rebuttal

In law, rebuttal is a form of evidence that is presented to contradict or nullify other evidence that has been presented by an adverse party. By analogy the same term is used in politics and public affairs to refer to the informal process by which statements, designed to refute or negate specific arguments (see Counterclaim) put forward by opponents, are deployed in the media.In law, special rules apply to rebuttal; rebuttal evidence or rebuttal witnesses must be confined solely to the subject matter of the evidence rebutted.

Surrebuttalnoun

surrebutter

Surrebuttalnoun

(law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rebutter

Surrebuttal

In an adversarial process, for instance a court proceeding, a surrebuttal is a response to the opposing party's rebuttal; in essence it is a rebuttal to a rebuttal.