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rebutter

rebutter [Anglo-French reboter, from reboter to rebut] : the answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a

alibi

prosecution must provide to the defendant upon written demand the names of witnesses that will be used to rebut the defense.

discovery

of Criminal Procedure 12.1, the prosecution must also disclose the names of witnesses that will be called to rebut the defendant's alibi defense. The defendant must also permit the prosecution to inspect books, documents, photographs, and objects

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means test

of the debtor's nonpriority unsecured debt, as long as that amount is at least $6,000. The debtor may rebut a presumption of abuse only by a showing of special circumstances that justify additional expenses or adjustments of

fair trial

these: the effectiveness of the assistance of counsel, the opportunity to present evidence and witnesses, the opportunity to rebut the opposition's evidence and cross-examine the opposition's witnesses, the presence of an impartial jury, and the judge's freedom

Presumption

presumption is raised under s. 114 of the Evidence Act. Under statutory presumption, the presump-tion has to be rebutted by 'proof' and not by a bare explanation which is merely plausible, Ram Kishan Bedu Rane v. State

Parol evidence

or, in some instances, as ancillary to such application to explain the meaning of doubtful terms, or to rebut presumptions arising extrinsically. In these cases the parol evidence does not usurp the place of written evidence, but

Libel

50 TLR 365 (comments in newspaper on proceedings at local authority meeting). Proof of malice or spite will rebut a defence of privileged occasion, but neither want of truth nor malice are relevant to the defence of

Judgment

is confined only to contest the plaintiff's case on his own evidence without being given a chance to rebut that evidence. As such an order vitally affects a valuable right of the defendant it will undoubtedly be

Costs

the discretion of the Court, for the prima facie claim of the successful litigant to costs might be rebutted by the particular circumstances of the case, and it was for the court to decide whether those circumstances

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