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rebutter

rebutter [Anglo-French reboter, from reboter to rebut] : the answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder n : one that rebuts ...

Rebutter

Rebutter [fr. repello, Lat., to put back or bar], the answer of a defendant to a plaintiff's sur-rejoinder. See REJOINDER....

rebuttal

rebuttal : the act or procedure of rebutting ;also : evidence or argument that rebuts ...

rebuttal witness

rebuttal witness see witness ...

rebuttal evidence

rebuttal evidence see evidence ...

rebuttable presumption

rebuttable presumption see presumption ...

presumption

presumption : an inference as to the existence of a fact not certainly known that the law requires to be drawn from the known or proven existence of some other fact conclusive presumption : a presumption that the law does not allow to be rebutted called also irrebuttable presumption compare rebuttable presumption in this entry mandatory presumption : a presumption that a jury is required by law to make upon proof of a given fact compare permissive presumption in this entry permissive presumption : an inference or presumption that a jury is allowed but not required to make from a given set of facts called also permissive inference compare mandatory presumption in this entry presumption of fact : a presumption founded on a previous experience or on general knowledge of a connection between a known fact and one inferred from it presumption of innocence : a rebuttable presumption in the favor of the defendant in a criminal action imposing on the prosecution the burden of proving g...

Presumption

Presumption, a supposition, opinion, or belief pre-viously formed, Wood's Inst. 599.Presumptions have been said to be either: (1) juris et de jure (irrebuttable); or (2) juris (rebuttable); or (3) hominis vel judicis (rebuttable, of fact). (1) The presumption juris et de jure is that where law or custom establishes the truth of any point, on a presumption that cannot be overcome by contrary evidence; thus, that a child under seven is incapable of committing a felony (2) The pr'sumptio juris is a presumption established in law till the contrary be proved, as the property of goods is presumed to be in the possessor; every presumption of this kind must necessarily yield to contrary proof (3) The pr'sumptio hominis vel judicis is the conviction arising from the circumstances of any particular case. See Best on Evidence.There is a distinction between the 'presumption' under s. 114 of the Evidence Act and a 'statutory presumption' provided under the Bombay Prohibition Act. Under a statutory ...

surrebuttal

surrebuttal often attrib [sur- over + rebuttal] : the response to the rebuttal of the opposing party in a proceeding [testimony of defense witnesses "Arizona Rules of Court"] ...

Triplicatio

Triplicatio, a rebutter....

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