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Definition of Surrebutter
1. Noun. (law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rebutter.
Definition of Surrebutter
1. Noun. (legal) The plaintiff’s reply in pleading to a defendant’s rebuttal. ¹
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Definition of Surrebutter
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surrebutter
Literary usage of Surrebutter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Genius of the Common Law by Frederick Pollock (1912)
"surrebutter CASTLE PERVERSE ingenuity, once let loose on the art of pleading,
went for some centuries from bad to worse, notwithstanding occasional ..."
2. Catalogue of the Books and Pamphlets in the Library of Columbia College, New by Columbia University Libraries (1874)
"... Letter to him late John surrebutter, Esq. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1803. ANSTIE, (Francis
E.) Stimulants and Narcotics, their Mutual Relations ; with Special ..."
3. Digest Or [sic] the Law Relative to Pleading and Evidence in Civil Actions by John Frederick Archbold (1838)
"The surrebutter is the plaintiff's answer to the defendant's ... *There may be
pleadings subsequent to the surrebutter: those of the defendant are governed ..."
4. The Attorney and Agent's New Table of Costs in the Courts of King's Bench by John Palmer (1818)
"... surrebutter, Summonses, and Orders for Time in each, Issue, Trial, final
Judgment, and Taxation oj Costs. In the Exchequer.] b Warrant and Instructions ..."