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Definition of Surrebut
1. v. i. To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.
Definition of Surrebut
1. Verb. (legal) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter. ¹
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Definition of Surrebut
1. to reply to a rebutter [v SURREBUTTED, SURREBUTTING, SURREBUTS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surrebut
Literary usage of Surrebut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"[< surrebut + -al.'] In /«ic, the plaintiff's evidence submitted to meet the
defendant's rebuttal. ..."
2. The Practice of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, in Personal by William Tidd, Francis Joseph Troubat, Asa Israel Fish, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer (1856)
"... the defendant rebut, and the plaintiff surrebut, &c. till issue is joined.
The rule for these purposes is given by the master or secondaries, ..."
3. The Practice of the Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster in Personal Actions by William Wareing (1836)
"... or answer any pleading surrebut, &c " file(l by a Defendant, until the rule
day (k) next after the " filing such pleading; nor in case such rule day ..."
4. History and antiquities of Nottingham by James Orange (1840)
"... surrebut, or join issue, on two several court days, previous to the court at
which such judgment of ... surrebut, a reply to a ..."
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