Counterclaim

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Counterclaim \Coun"ter*claim`\ (-kl[=a]m`), n. (Law)
     A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  counterclaim
       n : a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal
           action
       v : set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "counterclaim":
     confutation, confute, contraremonstrance, counteraccusation,
     counterblast, countercharge, counterdemand, counterreply,
     counterstatement, defense, make a rebuttal, rebut, rebuttal,
     rebutter, refutation, refute, rejoin, rejoinder, replication,
     surrebut, surrebuttal, surrebutter, surrejoin, surrejoinder