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Webster 1913 Edition
Counterclaim
Coun′ter-claimˊ
(-klāmˊ)
, 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)
Translations
a suit filed by a defendant against a plaintiff secondary to the original complaint
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Verb
counterclaim (third-person singular simple present counterclaims, present participle counterclaiming, simple past and past participle counterclaimed)
- (intransitive) To file a counterclaim.