countercase

English

Etymology

From counter- +‎ case.

Noun

countercase (plural countercases)

1. A legal case filed in response to another case.
   • 2007 September 27, Bloomberg News, “W.T.O. Hears European Complaint of U.S. Aid to Boeing”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The European Union and the United States filed countercases in September 2004 over aid to Airbus and Boeing, the only two makers of large commercial aircraft in a $150 billion market.