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Webster 1913 Edition


Counterclaim

Coun′ter-claimˊ

(-klāmˊ)
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Noun.
(Law)
A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.

Definition 2024


counterclaim

counterclaim

English

Noun

counterclaim (plural counterclaims)

  1. (law) a suit filed by a defendant against a plaintiff secondary to the original complaint.

Translations

Verb

counterclaim (third-person singular simple present counterclaims, present participle counterclaiming, simple past and past participle counterclaimed)

  1. (intransitive) To file a counterclaim.