Law Dictionary Definitions

recall election.See ELECTION(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

recall,n.1. Removal of a public official from office by popular vote. [Cases: Officers and Public Employees 70.7. C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees §§ 215–219.] 2. A manufacturer’s request to consumers for the return of defective products for repair or replacement. [Cases: Insurance 2278(24); Products Liability 12. C.J.S. Products Liability § 22.] 3. Revocation of a…

rebutter. 1.Common-law pleading. The defendant’s answer to a plaintiff’s surrejoinder; the pleading that followed the rejoinder and surrejoinder, and that might in turn be answered by the surrebutter. [Cases: Pleading 185.] 2. One who rebuts. [Blacks Law 8th]

  rebuttal witness.See WITNESS. [Blacks Law 8th]

rebuttal,n.1. In-court contradiction of an adverse party’s evidence. 2. The time given to a party to present contradictory evidence or arguments. Cf. CASE-IN-CHIEF. [Cases: Criminal Law 683; Federal Civil Procedure 2015; Trial 62. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1219; Trial § 195.] “Rebuttal is the hardest argument to make in any court. In the Supreme Court…

  rebuttal evidence.See EVIDENCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

rebuttable presumption.See PRESUMPTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

rebut,vb. To refute, oppose, or counteract (something) by evidence, argument, or contrary proof <rebut the opponent’s expert testimony> <rebut a presumption of negligence>. [Blacks Law 8th]

rebus sic stantibus (ree-b<<schwa>>s sik stan-ti-b<<schwa>>s). [Latin “matters so standing”] Int’l law & civil law law. The principle that all agreements are concluded with the implied condition that they are binding only as long as there are no major changes in the circumstances. See CLAUSA REBUS SIC STANTIBUS . [Cases: Treaties 5. C.J.S. Treaties §…

rebus ipsis et factis (ree-b<<schwa>>s ip-sis et fak-tis). [Latin] Scots law. By the facts and circumstances themselves. • A marital contract was sometimes inferred rebus ipsis et factis. [Blacks Law 8th]