单词 | rebuttal |
释义 | rebuttaln. 1. Law. A reply to, or refutation of previous evidence or testimony; spec. = rebutter n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > subsequent replies on either side replication1425 rejoinder1447 rebutter1540 surrejoinder1542 triplication1583 quadruplication1593 duply1609 duplication1622 quadruply1624 quintuplyc1638 re-rejoinder1702 rebuttal1792 quintuplication1860 1792 W. Brown Rep. High Court Chancery 3 63 All the argument therefore must turn on the validity of the rebuttal. 1852 Harper's Mag. June 80/1 A..story of the prisoner's appeared all that could be relied upon in rebuttal of the evidence for the crown. 1881 Times 20 June 6/1 To hear the defendant's evidence first,..reserving his right..to call evidence in rebuttal thereof. 1909 E. Banks Myst. Frances Farrington 311 There were witnesses to come in rebuttal, but he..could call witnesses in surrebuttal. 1950 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 41 457 The prosecution in its rebuttal did not follow up the cross-examination with proof relative to the matters inquired about on cross-examination. 2001 T. N. McInnis Christian Burial Case x. 203 When the justices had no further questions, Appel requested that he be allowed to reserve the remainder of his time for rebuttal. 2. More generally: a refutation, a counter-argument or contradiction. Also as a mass noun. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [noun] gainsayingc1330 assoilinga1382 improvingc1443 unprovingc1449 lancing1470 redarguation?c1500 confutationa1530 redargution1529 reproof1529 confusion1530 disproof1531 reprehension1531 reproving1535 refutation?1536 improbation1556 refuting1563 disproving1587 conviction1593 infringement1593 refutal1599 gainsay1602 eviction1606 convincement1612 disproval1614 confutinga1617 improof1641 confutement1645 confute1646 refute1646 disprovement1662 reviction1677 invalidatinga1716 invalidation1771 rebutment1823 rebuttal1831 disconfirmation1937 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > denial or contradiction thwert-ut nay1277 defence?c1400 traverse1405 disclaimc1436 disclaimerc1436 denial1728 rebutment1823 rebuttal1831 1831 S. Warren in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 105/2 There is generally preserved an amazing consistency in the delusion, in spite of the incipient rebuttals of sensation. 1856 E. Walford Hand-bk. Greek Drama viii. 91 A very sufficient rebuttal both of his [sc. Euripides] having hated women too much, and of his having been excessive in his love for them. 1915 E. Ferber Emma McChesney & Co. v. 154 She had listened patiently enough, never once attempting to interrupt. But on her lips was the maddening half-smile of one whose rebuttal is ready. 1965 Listener 27 May 804/1 A barrage of justificatory protest and Chestertonian rebuttal. 1984 Signs 10 45 In a letter of rebuttal, Woolf claimed that ‘external restraints’ have inhibited the growth of women's literary history after Sappho. 2003 D. Boonin Def. of Abortion iii. 130 The usual rebuttals to the viability criterion, although superficially appealing, are ultimately unsatisfactory. Compounds General attributive (chiefly Law), as rebuttal affidavit, rebuttal evidence, rebuttal witness, etc. ΚΠ 1857 Jrnl. Eighth Session of Senate State Calif. 400 The only rebuttal evidence against that of Dr. Cowan and others, is a receipt purporting to be signed by Creaner. 1870 N.Y. Herald 28 Apr. 3/3 The prosecution then entered on the rebuttal part of the case. 1925 North Western Reporter 202 898/2 Rebuttal evidence properly is that which explains away, contradicts, or otherwise refutes the defendant's evidence ‘by any process which consists merely in diminishing or negativing the force of’ it. 1971 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 23 Nov. 18/3 Petitioner's rebuttal affidavit..was received by the court after the court's decision had been published. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 17 June 3- h/8 Smith's attorney..presented John L. Agro..as a rebuttal witness. 1998 Times 25 June 24/7 The kind of rapid rebuttal technique now practised by Downing Street spin doctors. 2001 T. N. McInnis Christian Burial Case iii. 56 When rebuttal testimony is completed and both sides have rested, that ends the portion of the trial in which evidence is introduced. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1792 |
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