counterclaimn.
A claim set up against another; a claim set up by the defendant in a suit.
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continual claim1528
counterclaim1784
condiction1818
1784 Duke of Dorset Let. 22 July in O. Browning Desp. Paris (1909) I. 15 The counter-claims of the Dutch are..still greater than the Emperor's demands.
1876 County Court Rules Order xxxvi. r. 15 a. Where a counter-claimant fails to establish his counterclaim, he may be ordered to pay..costs.
1880 J. Muirhead Inst. of Gaius & Rules of Ulpian Digest 491 A debtor sued by him was entitled to deduction of all counter claims of whatever sort.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
counterclaimv.
transitive. To claim as against a prior claim, or against the plaintiff; absol. to put in a counter-claim.
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counterclaim1881
1881 Times 23 July 6/4 The defendant..counter-claimed for a false and fraudulent misrepresentation by the plaintiff.
1884 Law Times 2 Apr. 427/2 The defendant pleaded payment, and counter-claimed the sum of £416 14s. 7d.
1892 Standard 15 June 2/5 The Defendant counterclaimed for the return of certain papers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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