Rebutting evidence
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Evidence given to explain, repel, counteract, or disprove facts given in evidence by the adverse party.
Davis v. Hamblin, 5l Md. 539; Railway Co. v. Wales, 5 OC. D. 170; People v. Page, 1 Idaho, 195; State v. Fourchy, 51 La. Ann. 228, 25 South. 109.
Also evidence given in opposition to a presumption of fact or a prima facie case; in this sense, it may be not only counteracting evidence, but evidence sufficient to counteract, that is, conclusive.
Fain v. Cornett, 25 Ga. 186