counterclaim

English

Alternative forms

counter-claim

Etymology

From counter- +‎ claim.

Noun

counterclaim (plural counterclaims)

(law) A suit filed by a defendant against a plaintiff secondary to the original complaint.

Translations

suit filed by a defendant against a plaintiff

Afrikaans: teeneis
Armenian: հակընդդեմ հայց (hy) (hakənddem haycʻ)
Dutch: tegeneis (nl) m, eis in reconventie m
Finnish: vastakanne
French: demande reconventionnelle f
German: Widerklage (de) f
Greek: ανταγωγή (el) f (antagogí)
Irish: frithéileamh m
Italian: riconvenzione f, controquerela (it) f
Portuguese: reconvenção f
Russian: встречный иск (vstrečnyj isk)
Spanish: reconvención (es) f
Swedish: genkäromål (sv) n
Tagalog: ganting-habol

Verb

counterclaim (third-person singular simple present counterclaims, present participle counterclaiming, simple past and past participle counterclaimed)

(intransitive) To file a counterclaim.

Derived terms

counterclaimer