Mr. Bartlett (in his dictionary above cited) adds a surrebutter in a verse from Ford's. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell] Reference
The man finally lost all patience and springing to his feet vociferated, 'Why don't you go at him with a fi. fa., a demurrer, a capias, a surrebutter, or a ne exeat, or something; or a nundam pactum or a non est?'. From Wordnik.com. [Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller] Reference
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