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Rebutter

The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.

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Arguer 76% connected

One who argues; a reasoner; a disputant.

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Debater 76% connected

One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist.

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Pleading 76% connected

of Plead

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Disprove 74% connected

To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Disprove 74% connected

To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.

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Confuter 92% connected

One who confutes or disproves.

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Disprover 92% connected

One who disproves or confutes.

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Rebuttal 92% connected

The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.

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Refuter 92% connected

One who, or that which, refutes.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Abatement of a nuisance noun · 78% connection

(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance

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Actual damages noun · 78% connection

(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…

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Assumed name noun · 78% connection

(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of inc…

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Attestant noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Attestator noun · 78% connection

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

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Cease and desist order noun · 78% connection

(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunctions were forme…

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Civil wrong noun · 78% connection

(law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought

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Combination in restraint of trade noun · 78% connection

(law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust la…

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Comparative negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff

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Compensatory damages noun · 78% connection

(law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensa…

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Concurrent negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately

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Constructive possession noun · 78% connection

(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it

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Contributory negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence; "in common law any degree of c…

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Criminal negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something w…

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Criminal possession noun · 78% connection

(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed…

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Culpable negligence noun · 78% connection

(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something w…

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DBA noun · 78% connection

(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of inc…

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Answer noun · 78% connection

the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of ‘…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: answer, defendant, matter, fact, plaintiff.
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Avoid adjective · 78% connection

To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: answer, defendant, matter, fact, plaintiff.
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Cognizor noun · 78% connection

One who acknowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant.

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Cognovit noun · 78% connection

An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: answer, defendant, matter, fact, plaintiff.
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Color noun · 78% connection

An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, th…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: answer, defendant, matter, fact, plaintiff.
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Counterplea noun · 78% connection

a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's plea

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: answer, defendant, matter, fact, plaintiff.
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Crossbill unknown · 78% connection

A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit.

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Declaration noun · 78% connection

That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintif…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: answer, defendant, matter, fact, plaintiff.
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Declare verb · 78% connection

To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: answer, defendant, matter, fact, plaintiff.
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Default judgement noun · 78% connection

a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)

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Default judgment noun · 78% connection

a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: answer, defendant, matter, fact, plaintiff.
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Defence noun · 78% connection

The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: answer, defendant, matter, fact, plaintiff.
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