counterclaim

English

Alternative forms

• counter-claim

Etymology

From counter- +‎ claim.

Noun

counterclaim (plural counterclaims)

1. (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)

1. (intransitive) To file a counterclaim.

Derived terms

• counterclaimer

 

Further reading

• counterclaim on Wikipedia.Wikipedia