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counterclaim

/'kæʊntər,kleɪm/

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noun
a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
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legal action action at law action
verb
set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim
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claim

Definition that contains counterclaim

answer the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims