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Dictionary: re·but·tal   (rĭ-bŭt'l) pronunciation
 
n.
  1. The act of rebutting.
  2. A statement made in rebutting.

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Definition: refutation
Antonyms: confirmation


 
Law Dictionary: Rebuttal
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Generally, the time either party is given to refute or oppose a claim or claims made by the opposing party that would not otherwise belong in that party's case in chief. See 254 N.W. 2d 628, 634; also refers to the time given to the party who presented the first closing argument to rebut any claims made by the opposing party in the closing argument, which followed. This rebuttal can only attack those claims made in the opposing party's argument and cannot raise any new issues.

 
Grammar Dictionary: rebuttal
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A reply intended to show fault in an opponent's argument.

 
Wikipedia: Rebuttal
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This article is about the legal concept, for a rebuttal used in informal logic, see counterargument.

In law, rebuttal is a form of evidence that is presented to contradict or nullify other evidence that has been presented by an adverse party. By analogy the same term is used in politics and public affairs to refer to the informal process by which statements, designed to refute or negate specific arguments put forward by opponents, are deployed in the media.

In law, special rules apply to rebuttal. Rebuttal evidence or rebuttal witnesses must be confined solely to the subject matter of the evidence rebutted. New evidence on other subjects may not be brought in rebuttal. However, rebuttal is one of the few vehicles whereby a party may introduce surprise evidence or witnesses. How it works is this: Both sides of a controversy are obliged to declare in advance of trial what witnesses they plan to call, and what each witness is expected to testify to. When either a plaintiff (or prosecutor) or defendant brings direct evidence or testimony which was not anticipated, the other side may be granted a specific opportunity to rebut it. In rebuttal, the rebutting party may generally bring witnesses and evidence which were never declared before, so long as they serve to rebut the prior evidence.

Also, in a persuasive essay, as many students have to write, that is also a recap of what they have stated earlier in the essay. This would be the same as contradicting the counter argument.


 
Translations: Rebuttal
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - afvisning, gendrivelse, modbevis (jur.), replik (jur.)

Nederlands (Dutch)
tegenbewijs, weerlegging

Français (French)
n. - réfutation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Widerlegung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αντίκρουση, ανασκευή, διάψευση

Italiano (Italian)
diniego, confutazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - refutação (f)

Русский (Russian)
опровержение

Español (Spanish)
n. - impugnación, refutación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - motbevisande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
辩驳, 举反证

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 辯駁, 舉反證

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 원고의 반박, 반증

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 反駁, 反論, 反証

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رد, دفع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הפרכה, סתירה‬


 
 

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