rebuttableadj.
/rᵻˈbʌtəbl/, U.S. /rəˈbədəb(ə)l/, /riˈbədəb(ə)l/ Chiefly Law.
That may be rebutted.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [adjective] > capable of being refuted
traversable?1530
deniable1548
repugnable1578
refutable1600
improvable1604
revincible1633
confutable1638
convincible1643
rebuttable1646
overthrowable1653
disprovable1686
improbative1754
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [adjective] > that may be rebutted
rebuttable1646
1646 W. Hughes tr. A. Horne Mirrour Justices 274 Wherefore are Writs rebuttable from hearing, but for the multitude of writs which are, and for the small number of justices the right of many perish.
1668 L. Willan Perfect States-man xxxiii. 99 To which Practice we have annexed this Coherent, that our labours be not so remisly prosecuted, as they might suddenly become rebutable.
1815 Times 10 Mar. 3/2 It is a rebuttable case.
1879 Smith's Leading Cases (ed. 8) II. 883 Payment of rent..was held not to be a conclusive admission of title..but rebuttable by showing that he never had any title.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 28 Jan. 8/3 Will you state when you think it is rebuttable and when you think it is irrebuttable?
1962 J. L. McClellan Crime without Punishment xiv. 231 The inference that testimony withheld would, if given, be unfavorable to the withholder is rebuttable.
2006 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 12 Sept. 23 Gore's presentation is a mix of scary exaggeration and rebuttable factoids.
Compounds
rebuttable presumption n. Law a presumption that the law allows to be contradicted by evidence; contrasted with irrebuttable presumption n. at irrebuttable adj. Additions.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > illegal assumption of authority
presumptuositya1450
usurpmenta1470
usurpation1470
usurping1521
presumption1565
usurpa1647
rebuttable presumption1837
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > other types of evidence
direct evidence1591
adminicle1592
extrinsic evidence1660
evidence-in-chief1747
hearsay evidence1753
secondary use1765
secondary evidence1810
rebuttable presumption1837
1837 W. M. Best Expos. Pract. Relative to Right to Begin Contents p. vii Subject of this treatise only affected by rebuttable presumptions, or præsumptiones juris.
1898 Yale Law Jrnl. 7 236 A rebuttable presumption arises that they [sc. the goods] were injured after they were thus received.
1971 Daily Tel. 25 May 3/3 If the gift is substantial..there should be a rebuttable presumption that the witness exercised undue influence on the testator.
2004 M. Imber & T. van Geel Educ. Law (ed. 3) ii. 33 The rebuttable presumption is that the residence of the minor is determined by the residence of the parent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1646