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counterclaim

DEFINITIONS OF: counterclaim

1

n a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action

Type of:
action, action at law, legal action
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong

v set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim

Type of:
claim
ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example
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