单词 | counterplead |
释义 | † counterpleadv. Obsolete. 1. a. Law. To plead in opposition to (a declaration, demand, voucher, etc., of the opposite party); to make a counterplea. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > maintain by argument in court [verb (transitive)] > rebut or plead in opposition counterplead1530 retort1597 rebut1624 1275 Act 3 Edw. I c. 40 Purveu est en brief de possession..que si le tenaunt vouche a garaunt, e le demaundaunt le contre pleide, etc. 1292 Britton iii. xi. §15 Et si le autre garraunt viegne en court et countreplede la garrauntie.] 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 500/1 Whan a man of lawe maketh a reason peremtorie, it can nat be contrepleted. 1613 H. Finch Law (1636) 370 If the vouchee counterplead the warrantie, and it be found against him, he shall lose the land. 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. iii. §200. 90 The demandant may well counterpleade the vouchee. b. absol. To plead or argue one against the other. ΚΠ 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 120 There is a Tale, that once the Hoast of Birds..ambitiously did strive, And counter-plead, for the Prerogatiue. 2. gen. To argue against (a person, statement, etc.); to oppose in argument; to contradict. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > speaking against or contradiction > speak against or contradict [verb (transitive)] withsake971 withsayc1175 forbidc1275 withtellec1275 counterplead1377 again-saya1382 withsaya1382 contrary1382 countersay1393 withstand1513 transverse1532 cross1589 contradict1596 controvert1596 respire1629 scruple1639 contravene1722 oppugn1781 countervene1825 to stand down1869 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xii. 100 Ne countreplede clerkes I conseille þe for eure. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 476 Lat be thyn arguynge For loue ne wele nat countyrpletyd be In ryght ne wrong. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1377 |
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