Meaning of COUNTERCLAIM
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'kawntur`kleym, [v]`kawntur'kleym, 'kaûntur`kleym
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- [n] a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
- [v] set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim, as in law
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| | See Also: | | action, action at law, claim, legal action | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Coun"ter*claim`\ (-kl[=a]m`), n. (Law)
A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.
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| | Definition: | | A claim made by the defendant in a civil lawsuit against the plaintiff. In essence, a counter lawsuit within a lawsuit. |
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| | Related Terms: | | confutation, confute, contraremonstrance, counteraccusation, counterblast, countercharge, counterdemand, counterreply, counterstatement, defense, make a rebuttal, rebut, rebuttal, rebutter, refutation, refute, rejoin, rejoinder, replication, surrebut, surrebuttal, surrebutter, surrejoin, surrejoinder |
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