[
US
/ˈkaʊntɝˌkɫeɪm/
]
[ UK /kˈaʊntəklˌeɪm/ ]
[ UK /kˈaʊntəklˌeɪm/ ]
NOUN
- a claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action
VERB
- set up a claim in opposition to a previous claim
How To Use counterclaim In A Sentence
- The court also upheld the decision of the assistant recorder to reject the counterclaim which the defendant sought to introduce.
- The respondent may accept the arbitration claim or object a right to makea counterclaim.
- The latter was successful and recovered damages of some £19,000 on the counterclaim.
- It is counterclaiming for $25,000 in damages for breach of contract.
- He submits that both parties throughout the proceedings used the words ‘action’ or ‘matter’ in an untechnical sense, and not referring to claim and counterclaim separately.
- This is not the place to lay out claims and counterclaims about how life originated on Earth; we plan to do that, soon enough.
- You may be confused about what way to vote today, given the welter of claim and counterclaim over the last month.
- Many claims and counterclaims were advertised about who the real market leader was and who was the benefactor of the readers and protected the consumer's wallet.
- On the basis of his contention that the true value of the property was between £70,000 and £80,000, Mr Ross counterclaimed for £29,000.
- The defendants have a counterclaim for damages for trespass against the plaintiff.