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Pronunciation / Transliteration: réfutable
"Cette présomption est réfutable avec de nouvelles preuves."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Capable of being refuted, opposed, or disproved by evidence or argument.
"The presumption of innocence is strong, but it remains a rebuttable assumption in the face of physical evidence." - 2
Designating a legal claim or legal presumption that can be challenged and overturned in court.
"Tax authorities established a rebuttable presumption that the transaction was fraudulent."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Middle English 'rebutten', from Old French 'rebuter' (to thrust back, repulse), combining the prefix 're-' (back) and 'buter' (to thrust or push). Over centuries, its legal usage evolved to specifically denote a claim, presumption, or argument that can be challenged, refuted, or disproved by evidence.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Rebuttable" is said worldwide
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réfutable
Transliteration: réfutable
"Cette présomption est réfutable avec de nouvelles preuves."
widerlegbar
Transliteration: widerlegbar
"Die Annahme ist durch entsprechende Beweise widerlegbar."
confutabile
Transliteration: confutabile
"Questa teoria è confutabile attraverso ulteriori esperimenti."
refutable
Transliteration: refutable
"La presunción legal es refutable mediante pruebas documentales."
refutável
Transliteration: refutável
"O argumento apresentado é perfeitamente refutável."
खंडन योग्य
Transliteration: khandan yogya
"यह अनुमान खंडन योग्य है।"
可反驳的
Transliteration: kě fǎnbó de
"这是一个可反驳的法律推定。"
반박 가능한
Transliteration: banbak ganeunghan
"그 주장은 충분히 반박 가능한 것입니다."
反論可能な
Transliteration: hanron kanou-na
"その仮説は十分に反論可能なものです。"
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