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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SURREBUTTER

n.The plaintif's reply in pleading to a defendant's rebutter.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

surrebutter

sur re but ter |ˌsərəˈbətər ˈsərəbədər | ▶noun Law, archaic a plaintiff's reply to the defendant's rebutter. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from sur- 1 ‘in addition ’ + rebutter, on the pattern of surrejoinder .

 

Oxford Dictionary

surrebutter

surrebutter |ˌsʌrɪˈbʌtə | ▶noun Law, archaic a plaintiff's reply to the defendant's rebutter. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from sur- 1 ‘in addition ’ + rebutter, on the pattern of surrejoinder .