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Definition of counterclaim
: an opposing claim; especially : a claim brought by a defendant against a plaintiff in a legal action
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Xceligent’s accusations of CoStar’s allegedly monopolistic tactics are contained in a counterclaim filed Wednesday in federal court in Kansas City.
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KNR has filed a counterclaim against Horton and sought to keep Horton from providing other records to Pattakos and Chandra.
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There are numerous similarly complex claims and counterclaims at issue in the debate - which is part of the problem, says David Victor, an energy policy researcher at the University of California-San Diego and one co-author of the new critique.
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In its counterclaim, Brookhill Village Two is seeking damages of more than $25,000, according to legal filings.
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The jury found that Shaw, Larson, and their company, California Berry Cultivars, had infringed those patents, and rejected the professors’ counterclaim that the university had acted in bad faith against them.
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Beck and TheBlaze filed a counterclaim, alleging that Lahren was suspended -- though not fired -- for a host of unprofessional behavior, including mistreating the crew and refusing to work with one of the company's makeup artists.
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But the basis for requesting dismissal of the counterclaims was premised on the argument that Take-Two was doing nothing more than reiterating affirmative defenses.
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The girls’ mother filed the case in January, and Dundon later filed a counterclaim.
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First Known Use of counterclaim
1784
counterclaim
Definition of counterclaim
intransitive verb
: to enter or plead a counterclaim
transitive verb
: to ask in a counterclaim
Recent Examples of counterclaim from the Web
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While finding that a number of facts remain in dispute, Bledsoe dismissed Hopkins’ defamation claims and Michael Waltrip Racing’s counterclaims accusing Hopkins of stealing pit crew tools and misappropriating trade secrets about one of the tools.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'counterclaim'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of counterclaim
1857
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counterclaim
playLegal Definition of counterclaim
: a claim for relief that is asserted against an opposing party after an original claim has been made — compare affirmative defense at defense, cross-action, cross-appeal, cross-claim, interpleader, third-party claim
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