Rebutter
REBUTTER
Incommon-law pleading, the response made by a defendant to a plaintiff's surrejoinder, which rebuts earlier denials made by the defendant.
The making of a rebutter occurs in the third round of the series of pleadings made by the parties. First, there is the plaintiff's declaration which is countered by the defendant's plea. Next, the plaintiff makes a replication which is answered by the defendant in his or her rejoinder. In the third stage of pleading, the plaintiff makes a surrejoinder to which the defendant responds by use of the rebutter.
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Rejoinder , re·join·der / riˈjoindər/ • n. a reply, esp. a sharp or witty one: she would have made some cutting rejoinder but none came to mind. ∎ dated Law a de… Plea , PLEA
A formal response by the defendant to the affirmative assertions of the plaintiff in a civil case or to the charges of the prosecutor in a crimi… Arraignment , A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the co… Plea Bargaining , The process whereby a criminal defendant and prosecutor reach a mutually satisfactory disposition of a criminal case, subject to court approval.
Plea… defend , de·fend / diˈfend/ • v. [tr.] resist an attack made on (someone or something); protect from harm or danger. ∎ speak or write in favor of (an action o… Prosecutor , One who prosecutes another for a crime in the name of the government.
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